Hi all
I carried out a walkover survey last week, and I discovered some
interesting features on an old (1960s) landfill site. What I saw got me
thinking of a theoretical question:
If an old landfill site developed an underground fire (say for argument
sake in the 1990s) and the fire brigade went on site an excavated large
holes in order to put it out - who would be liable if the piles of
excavated rubbish (left on the surface for years after) were shown to cause
a pollutant linkage?
This is probably a simple (and hopefully not silly) question, but I have
never heard of such a case before. I assume the fire brigade would be
exempt as the situation arose under an emergency situation? If this is the
case, who would be liable?
I would be interested to hear people's thoughts.
Regards
Paul B
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