Firefighters tackled a small fire at the George Town landfill on 1 May, just two weeks after a major blaze erupted at the site.
The Cayman Islands Fire Service was alerted to the fire, at the opposite end of the site from the last major outbreak, just before noon on Friday.
In a press release the government said, “Crews confirmed light smoke and active saturated the affected area as a precautionary measure to prevent any escalation.
“The situation was contained, the fire has been extinguished and crews have since departed the scene.”
When the Compass visited the scene, a full-size fire truck and a smaller rapid intervention vehicle were at the scene, with the smaller vehicle leaving the site shortly afterwards.
No smoke or flames were visible, although the landfill entrance on the airport side was closed.
Major fire in April
A major blaze caused road closures and traffic chaos on 16 April when a fire, fanned by strong winds, broke out at the Esterley Tibbetts Highway end of the George Town landfill.
A small team of firefighters was still at the scene almost a week later to carry out damping down operations on part of the site.
The fire forced the closure of roads and schools and created smoke plumes that were visible to arriving tourists on planes and cruise ships.
The blaze raged for 24 hours and at its peak 50 firefighters battled to bring it under control.
It was the 10th occasion in the past two decades that a major landfill fire has made the front page of the Compass.
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