The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) spent much of yesterday trying to control a fire at the Riverton Ciy dump. According to head of the NSWMA, Joan Gordon-Webley, the fire started shortly after midday. It engulfed sections of the rear of the dump and was still raging late into yesterday evening. Some residents of the nearby Riverton Meadows community were worried about the health risks posed by the thick smoke, while the entire area stretching back to Patrick Gardens experienced heavy smoke and soot-related inconveniences.

Gordon-Webley was unable to say definitively how the fire started, but hinted that the blaze was "very suspicious".
"The fire started towards the back end which gave it time to burn before we could get to it," she said. "It is also quite suspicious because we have a huge landfill and for it to start over an edge, so to speak, it is just a little bit worrying."

Gordon-Webley assured that trucks were transporting cover material to affected areas up to late yesterday, bringing the fire under some control. Here a herd of cows moves away from the fire and heavy smoke .