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Iowa City landfill reopening to haulers as fire hits fourth day
A county landfill in Iowa City is reopening for business on a limited basis even as a massive fire continues to burn for a fourth day.
The landfill that serves Johnson County and surrounding communities said that residential trash collection would resume Tuesday. The landfill will take trash from municipal and commercial haulers, but others will not have access to dumping services until further notice.
City officials say they do not know the exact cause of the fire, which started Saturday evening at a place where dumping occurred earlier in the day. City officials say they are trying to contain the fire until it burns out on its own, which could take several days.
The fire is burning a layer of shredded tires, which is producing heavy black smoke.
(Sam Lane/SourceMedia
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