Historical information
Local waste tip fires can be caused by spontaneous combustion within decomposing waste, ignition of flammable industrial materials, heat build‑up in buried rubbish or a spark from machinery.
These fires can produce thick smoke visible across the district, strong chemical odours, ash drifting into nearby residential streets and causing significant concerns among the local residents.
Significance
A blaze at the Sunshine municipal tip would send smoke across Albion, Ardeer, St Albans, and Sunshine, highlighting the environmental risks faced by residents living beside an ageing suburban waste‑disposal site.
Physical description
Digital scans of black and white negatives
Inscriptions & markings
Sunshine Tip Fire 297.1
