The Brownsville Fire Department is still investigating the cause of an explosion at the City Municipal Solid Waste Landfill, off of 9000 FM 802, which occurred at about 9:46 p.m. Wednesday night.
The explosion happened near the entrance to the landfill at the tire facilities section and caused a large fire, which was promptly extinguished by firefighters, said Roxanna Rosas, city spokeswoman.
“It was a relatively large fire, but the fire department was able to respond immediately,” Rosas said.