Pulau Burung landfill fire: Battle against blaze enters 18th day, 31% remains to be extinguished

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NIBONG TEBAL: The peat fire at the Pulau Burung landfill here has entered its 18th day on Saturday (Jan 29) and firemen are still battling to douse it completely.

Operations were still ongoing at Sector 5 by the Fire and Rescue Department using four fixed monitored water sprays and five plain nozzles from a water supply channelled through pumps.

The fire in Sector 3 was being extinguished using soil to cover it and firemen were also using four fixed monitors and five plain nozzle sprays with water supplied by tankers from Seberang Prai City Council . At Ladang Byram nearby, the Air Pollutant Index reading went up to 145 at 10am Saturday, contributed by the nearby landfill fire that first broke out on Jan 12.

 

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