Hampton Park CFA responded to an undefined fire at the Hallam Road tip site on Tuesday 4 April.
Fire crews from Fire Rescue Victoria Station 88 and Hampton Park arrived on scene within minutes and located the fire at the rear landfill site.
The fire was contained to the area of origin within 20 minutes however due to the nature of the site and the terrain, crews took extra caution to ensure crew safety in this type of environment.
Site management was on scene within 20 minutes and with their site facilities and processes, crews were able to access the point of origin quickly to commence a direct attack and extinguish the fire.
Due to the limited reticulated water supply on site, additional trucks responded from Hallam Fire Brigade, Narre Warren Fire Brigade CFA, CFA – Cranbourne Fire Brigade, and Dandenong CFA.
Scoresby Fire Brigade CFA also attended with their hose layer to assist crews with long hose runs.
With the additional trucks plus the on-site 20,000 litre water tanker, crews were able to extinguish the fire without any further spread.
It is understood EPA officers are on site and investigations are continuing.
