A day after a massive fire broke out at east Delhi’s Ghazipur landfill on Monday, the fire kept raging in some parts of the dump yard with four fire tenders and six JCBs deployed at the site, fire officers said on Tuesday. The fire was yet to be doused till the time of filing this report
The officers added that more than 90 firemen present at the site are trying to douse the flames.
Meanwhile, the Delhi police have lodged a case against unknown persons under sections 287 (making atmosphere noxious to health), 285 (negligent conduct with respect to fire or combustible matter), and 336 (act endangering life or personal safety of others) of the Indian Penal Code. The police added that a thorough probe will be conducted to ascertain the cause of the blaze.
Delhi Fire Service chief Atul Garg said some pockets of the landfill are still under fire and firemen have been working throughout the night to control the blaze.
A senior police officer said once the fire is extinguished, guards and workers at the site will be questioned to find out how the fire broke out.
Methane gas emission
A senior fire officer said the fire kept spreading fast as the waste had been dumped at the site without segregation, leading to methane emission.
However, East Delhi Municipal Corporation Mayor, Shyam Sunder Aggarwal (BJP), said the fire was “under control”. “The civic officials concerned will compile the required report on this matter; I will leave it to them. But the cause of fire is the methane gas getting generated from the waste at the landfill. This is not a new incident, it has happened in the past,” he said.
