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11/27/2000 03:57 2094683823 PHS ADMINISTRATION PAGE 01 11/27/2000 14:1.0 916255-2220 CIWMB PUBLIC AFFAIRS PAGE 01 Draft Press Release Post-IV Fax Note 7671 Aaged" 3 To From o a� cra Co./Dept. ea r Co. Contact: Chris Peck Phone# Phone# © -3 q r Lanny Clavecilfa q Fax# q_3 4, 3 3 Fax# D T (916) 255-2296 T c opa@ciwmb.ca.gov WASTE BOARD TO EXTINGUISH TRACY TIRE FIRE TRACY--After burning for more than two years, the tire fire at the Silas Royster property in Tracy will finally be extinguished. A contractor for the California Integrated Waste Management Board will begin fire suppression work early next week. The Waste Board is one of six boards and departments in the California Environmental Protection Agency. The majority of the fire has burned itself out and only a small portion of the site where the tires were buried the deepest still continues to smolder. Over a three-week period, remaining hot spots in the tire pile will be put out and ash from the fire will be consolidated then covered with soil. The fire suppression effort is being coordinated with the Tracy Fire Depa4rtment and San Joaquin County public Health Services. Activity on the site will begin on Thursday, November 30 when workers will start hauling ash. The material will be wetted to keep it from becoming$irbome in the process. Fire suppression efforts are expected to begin in earnest on Tuesday, December 5. An excavator will pull small amounts of tires from the pile and spread them on the ground where they can be doused with foam and water. Workers involved in the suppression effort-- heavy equipment operators, fire fighters and safety personnel --will wear protective suits and self-contained breathing apparatus as a procautlon against exposure to carbon monoxide, airborne particulates (ash) and chemicals suspected in smoke from burning tires_ Air quality will be continuously monitored during the fire suppression activities to ensure worker safety.