Post-Dispatch coverage of the West Lake and Bridgeton landfills

A landfill is on fire in Bridgeton, and while such "smoldering events" do happen in landfills, this one is close to World War II-era radioactive waste. The Bridgeton Landfill abuts the West Lake Landfill. West Lake is where nuclear waste, the remnants of the Manhattan Project, was dumped decades ago.

Here is a highlight of some of the Post-Dispatch coverage of the landfill, the radiation and community concerns.