A fire broke out inside the Bellolampo landfill in Palermo. Part of the waste found in the seventh tank caught fire. The causes of the fire are not known. Several fire brigade teams and dozens of Rap men are working on site, helping the 115 staff with the help of some mechanical shovels. President Giuseppe Todaro is following the developments of the matter. “We managed to intervene in time – He says – Monitoring is done constantly. We have the images and I await a service report on what happened.” A tall blanket of smoke is rising from the mountain of burning garbage. What makes the fire extinguishing operations more complicated is the wind that is blowing in the mountains outside Palermo.”
Overall, at least six teams were involved during the night. The flames from an initial reconstruction affected the framework of a tank being filled. “The fire broke out in the 7th tank of the Bellolampo landfill currently in use – He says Salvatore Cocina head of civil protection –. We are in contact with the president of Rap Giuseppe Todaro and the director Massimo Collesano, who is on site, and with our Palermo service. The company immediately intervened with the available earthmoving vehicles. However, the fire developed thanks to a light south-east wind. Rap has called for reinforcements and at the moment several fire brigade teams are operating, two provincial tankers and one of our large and one small civil protection vehicles. The fire is now contained with earth moved by Rap’s excavators as well as water from fire engines. The mayor was invited to issue an ordinance to safeguard the population. In terms of times and methods, there is a clear preference for a malicious origin“. Last year another fire at the landfill caused thedioxin alarm with the formation of toxic gases that were detected kilometers away from the plant.
