Army sends 70 more people to help in Fox landfill cleanup

From Morning Report, 8:56 am on 16 July 2019

The Defence Force is sending two heavy trucks and deploying up to 70 more people on the West Coast to help remove garbage from a spilt landfill.

Heavy rain washed out a West Coast landfill near Fox Glacier last March, sending thousands of tonnes of rubbish into the Fox River.

Kim Hill spoke to Joint Forces Commander Rear Admiral Jim Gilmour.

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