"The landfill is growing like Mount Everest. And now there's a fire." A landfill near Penza has caught fire again.
A landfill in the village of Chemodanovka, on the northeastern outskirts Penza, caught fire on the night of August 15. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the area of the fire made about 500 square meters.
Local residents report a fire late at night got close to the summer houses and it was difficult to breathe because of the acrid smoke.
"The fire keeps dying down, then blazing up again. The dachas are covered in ash and smoke. If it continues to burn, it will be an environmental disaster, as all sorts of waste is dumped there, and people are breathing it in. When will Penza's leadership pay attention to this massive disaster?" — asked one of the residents in the Telegram chat of the administration of the Zheleznodorozhny district of Penza.
"City fire services are working to extinguish the fire," — the district head answered her. Andrey Shulkin.
In the ensuing discussion, residents demanded the closure of the landfill, which has burned several times but continues to grow.
«The landfill is growing like Mount Everest! And now there's a fire.- said one of the summer residents told local journalists. "Can't we just move it outside the city limits? There are plenty of empty fields."
Last November, "NeMoscow" ReportedIt's true that the Penza authorities did have plans to build a new landfill. But they were thwarted by rising prices for construction materials.
Photos and videos: Telegram channel Zheleznodorozhny District of Penza