(ANSA) - NEW DELHI, APRIL 28 - In India the firefighters of Chennai, the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu, have been fighting since last night to extinguish a huge fire that broke out in the Perungudi landfill, on the outskirts of the city.
The cloud of smoke that envelops the area, a serious threat to the health of those living in the area, has created serious problems for those who intervened on the spot, and for the traffic in the freeway next to the hill of garbage, with visibility reduced to a few meters.
The deputy mayor of Chennai, Manesh Kumar went to the place this morning, and reassured the citizens, telling reporters that "even if the flames are not yet extinguished, the fire has been limited and there are no risks that it will spread further".
The causes of the fire have not yet been ascertained, but ecologists say that once again, "it is a phenomenon of self-combustion of methane generated by waste.
We live next to a chemical bomb", they denounce.
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