SAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio South Side dump site is finally clear of over two million abandoned tires.

• South Side tire dump has new owner, cleanup underway

The tires have been a public hazard for more than a decade.

"Hauled more than 17,000 tons of tires, 900 loads, and we took off more than 25 tons of scrap metal off the site for a recycling facility," said Gary Tiedeman with the W&M Environmental Group.

The mountain of used rubber was enough to cover seven football fields. If the tires caught fire, they would burn for nine months. The massive site also brought the threat of becoming a mosquito breeding ground for Zika and the West Nile Virus.

Neighbors complained that the city, county officials, and the previous owner ignored the dump’s dangers. The Texas Attorney General's Office filed a lawsuit forcing action.

Neighboring business Copart took over the site and the massive clean-up began.

"We were trying to correct a lot of the wrongs which had been going on for quite a long time,” said Tiedeman.

During the last legislative session, the House and Senate approved a bill banning tire dumping. Governor Greg Abbott vetoed the bills, claiming there has to be a better way to address the problem.

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is expecting a final report from the environmental group, which cleaned up the site.