Other Business, Recycling / Waste Facility Nantucket, MA – Sprinkler system helps knock down landfill fire August 13, 2015 viking210 A construction debris fire this morning at the town landfill was slowed by a new sprinkler system, Nantucket Fire Chief Mark McDougal said. “Having a system that activated right away saved us a lot of time and effort,” McDougal said. Fires at the town landfill have, in the past, taken hours and even days to douse but a new building for the construction and building debris that included the sprinkler system made a big difference, he said. “This wasn’t a big one,” McDougal said about the fire. No one was injured. The fire department was called at around 9 a.m. to the town property at 188 Madaket Road, McDougal said. The fire started in the far right corner of the building, and the cause has not yet been determined, he said. Possible causes include oily rags, discarded smoking materials or internal combustion, he said. The fire department was on the scene for two and one-half hours.
