ANON shocked to read about this fire this morning.
ANON built/operated one of the buildings/operations at this location many years ago and has personal knowledge of the interior of the buildings, including the ones described on fire. The amount of garbage processed and recycled is beyond most people's comprehension.
Initial sort of garbage being dumped off is thorough. The pedastle crane operators dig thru carefully looking for anything that could cause or fire or an explosion. I remember they missed an item once, it exploded and blew a hole in the roof. Garbage is mechanically sorted in the areas on fire, non-recycleables go one way to be burned as fuel to make electricity (similar design to a NatGas facility) and the recycleables ferrous and non-ferrous head out two other directions.
The facility makes enough electricity to power the City of Hialeah.
ANON knows how long it took to build out our facility, and the parts on fire are much bigger and more complex. Impact on garbage in the whole county. Impact on landfills. But the landfills when ANON was there sent their garbage up to the Res. Rec. Plant for recycling also.
ANON can't help but wonder if this was sabotage, given what is going on in other fires across the country. Disrupt the food supply. Disrupt energy supply. Disrupt garbage pickup, althought the facility going in flames is more about disrupt the energy supply, me thinks………..
https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/crews-battle-massive-fire-at-energy-facility-in-miami-dade/2971949/