{"id":344887,"date":"2025-07-15T14:47:43","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T18:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=344887"},"modified":"2025-07-15T14:57:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T18:57:36","slug":"fond-cole-residents-demand-action-by-authorities-after-landfill-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/fond-cole-residents-demand-action-by-authorities-after-landfill-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Fond Cole and Stockfarm residents demand action by authorities after landfill fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_344888\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-344888\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-344888 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Section-of-the-Fond-Cole-Sanitary-Landfill-DNO-file-photo-642x482.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-344888\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Section of the Fond Cole Sanitary Landfill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEnough is enough, for too long we have been treated like the same garbage that is affecting us. It\u2019s time to relocate the landfill.\u201d Those were the words of one female resident from the community of Fond Cole who spoke to Dominica News Online (DNO) on Monday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her comments came following a fire that occurred at the Fond Cole Sanitary Landfill on June 30 that affected several residents of that community and its surroundings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The resident, who chose to remain anonymous, called on the relevant authorities to put the necessary plans in place to address this situation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTo breathe in that smell on a daily basis is already too much, now we have to deal with more fires,\u201d she remarked. \u201cThis is not the first time that fires have gotten out of control at the landfill. I believe there have been over four fires over the years. When will it stop?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She continued, \u201cThis is enough to cause health issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She said Fond Cole has often been marginalized and sidelined as a poor community from which nothing good can come.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI guess this is why we are being treated that way,\u201d \u00a0she remarked. \u201cDo something and do something now\u2026The smoke, the smell, we can no longer tolerate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another female resident of Fond Cole, who also chose to remain anonymous, expressed her disappointment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhere the landfill is located presently is not in the right place,\u201d she remarked. \u201cA place where rubbish is stored and burnt should not be anywhere close to a residential area. This is wrong on all levels, and we, the people of Fond Cole are fed up!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She added, \u201cThere are a lot of people living close to that area, and this is not good for anyone\u2019s health. The smoke affected workers on the port as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A male resident of Stock Farm who chose to remain anonymous told DNO that he blames the government for not doing enough to address the concerns continuously raised by the people of the Roseau North.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAbout that landfill situation, I believe the government isn\u2019t doing enough. I feel they are taking the situation for granted,\u201d he argued. \u201cRight now, we are in summer, and most children are at home while adults are at work. Just imagine the fire getting out of hand and [starting to spread] past the prison into the homes. What would have happened?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe need to take that seriously,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also raised concerns over the constant smell of rubbish and rotting material.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDo you think it\u2019s fair?\u00a0 \u201cLet&#8217;s take. for instance, [if] the Financial Centre, which is close to the Government Headquarters, had that smell ever so often. The workers, ministers, and others would not be pleased about it, they would not accept it, and they would do things to make sure that wasn\u2019t the case anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another resident of Fond Cole, who is a mother of two explained that for years she and her family have been waiting for the landfill to be relocated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThat has been a big problem for us for years, and it was said that the landfill would only be there temporarily and they would have to find another location for it, but it has been years now nothing has been done,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for the fires, \u201csometimes, depending on the location of the fire, we would be affected. But trust me, that landfill needs to be removed from there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She further argued that a landfill should never be placed close to a town.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFirst of all, Fond Cole is close to Roseau, the\u00a0capital. And to have a landfill close to your capital that doesn\u2019t make any sense,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Dominica Solid Waste Management Corporation (DSWMC) held a meeting with residents of Stockfarm, Yampiece, Bellevue Rawle, and other neighbouring communities on Wednesday (July 9) to discuss important matters concerning them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During that meeting, a number of these residents called for the removal of the landfill from its present location at Fond Cole.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHow many years I am breathing in the rubbish scent, now it\u2019s rubbish scent in smoke. I hope [you all] are smelling it. The fire stopped, the smoke stopped, but the scent is still there,\u201d a male resident of Stockfarm expressed during the meeting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He continued, \u201cI don\u2019t care who [lit] the fire, if it\u2019s somebody by mistake, but the landfill needs to move.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another female resident of Stockfarm said, \u201cWe want to empathize&#8230;but again I think we are suffering in Stockfarm, we had enough and as somebody said if we have to go out there and go on the streets of Roseau to say we had enough, we will go on the streets of Roseau to say that we had enough with the police permission and we will advance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At a press conference held recently, the Minister for National Security, Rayburn Blackmoore, said a comprehensive investigation from both the fire department and the police is to be pursued following a fire at the Fond Cole Landfill.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe matter is currently being investigated by the police&#8230;to look at the root cause of that fire. I don\u2019t want to point any fingers, but anytime we have a fire, as a former investigator myself, we\u2019re treating it as a potential arson,\u201d he said. \u201cSo a comprehensive investigation from both the fire department and the police [is] to be pursued.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the meantime, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit told reporters at a press conference on Monday that later this week his government plans to address the concerns of the residents of the Roseau North Constituency, regarding the negative impact which the landfill has had on their health and general well-being.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cEnough is enough, for too long we have been treated like the same garbage that is affecting us. 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