Phase One Nearly Complete in Extinguishing Underground Fire

KUAF

Published April 19, 2019 at 2:44 PM CDT

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Dozens of Bella Vista residents turned out for a community meeting held by the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality.

Z. Sitek

Bella Vista community members and other stakeholders got a progress report Thursday on extinguishing the underground stump dump fire. State environmental officials say once phase one of extinguishing the fire is complete in the coming days, work will move to excavating the site, extinguishing the fire and remediating the area.