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This is an archive article published on March 20, 2016
Fresh fire at Deonar dumping ground
“A senior fire officer has also been sent to the spot for cooling operations. Since January, when the major fire broke out, we have stationed a fire engine at the spot,” said a civic official.
By: Express News Service
Mumbai | March 20, 2016 12:17 AM IST
2 min read
Deonar Dummping Ground, Deonar.Express Photo by Vasant Prabhu, 010216, Mumbai.
A fresh fire broke out at the Deonar dumping ground on Saturday afternoon. Fire officials said that two fire engines and three water tankers were sent to the spot around 3 pm soon after the fire was reported.
“A senior fire officer has also been sent to the spot for cooling operations. Since January, when the major fire broke out, we have stationed a fire engine at the spot,” said a civic official.
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Rais Shaikh, the Samajwadi Party corporator of Govandi, said the civic administration must come up with a solution to the issue. “The chief minister and civic administration have been making tall claims about the dumping ground issue but nothing has happened till date,” said Shiakh.
The first major fire at the dumping ground this year broke out on January 28 and lasted an entire week. It led to the Bombay High Court banning new constructions in the city from March 1. After the fire, the civic body installed 12 CCTV cameras at the ground and started erecting a boundary wall around it.
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