A fire is burning at a landfill just west of Edmonton city limits, sending out a plume of black smoke.

Parkland County said its firefighters responded Sunday evening to the GFL Waste Management landfill off 231 Street, east of Acheson.

The fire began in the southwest section of the dump, which the county said contains a mix of construction and demolition waste.

Parkland County fire crews remained on-site until approximately midnight.

The neighbourhood of Secord is kitty-corner across Highway 16 and 231 Street from the landfill. Residents there woke to the smell of smoke on Monday.

“It doesn’t smell like forest fire, it smells like burning debris or a house,” said Chris Gill, who said the smell was fairly strong when he stepped outside in the morning.

Another neighbourhood resident,

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