Smoke continued to spread into Male’ city from a fire at the garbage dump behind the STO petrol shed three days after the fire broke out on Friday afternoon.
Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) Lieutenant Abdulla Ali told Sun Online on Sunday that despite continuous efforts to control the fire, the bottom of the garbage pile continued to burn.
The task was made harder as the waste pile contained substances that catch fire easily, the MNDF media official explained.
“We have controlled the fire. We have resumed extinguishing efforts after it started burning again today. But the area is filled with waste, making it difficult to put the fire out,” Ali was quoted as saying.
Residents in the Henveiru district near the waste disposal site have complained of the smoke and stench emanating from the garbage dump, Sun Online noted.
Meanwhile, the MNDF media official told private broadcaster Raajje TV today that the fire has been completely extinguished around 12:30pm and that smoke was no longer coming out of the bottom of the pile.
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