Corona dump burdened with underground fire seeks to accept debris from L.A. infernos

Corona dump burdened with underground fire seeks to accept debris from L.A. infernos

Managers at El Sobrante Landfill informed the air district that a chemical reaction brewing inside the landfill was causing broiling temperatures and producing toxic sulfur pollution, according to records.

Corona-area dump burdened with underground fire seeks to accept debris from L.A. infernos

The Eaton and Palisades fires had barely broken out when Waste Management offered to accept the inevitable disaster debris at its El Sobrante Landfill near Corona. But even as the company applied Jan. 8 for an emergency waiver to accept the wildfire rubble, landfill staffers had been struggling for months to control a fiery situation of their own. In July, El Sobrante managers informed the South Coast Air Quality Management District that a chemi…