A days-long fire at a landfill in Indonesia’s most populous province has been declared an emergency by local authorities as thick and putrid smoke from the blaze chokes nearby residents, officials said.
The fire at the Sarimukti landfill in Indonesia’s West Java province – which serves the city of Bandung, home to 2.5 million people – has been burning since Tuesday.
The headmaster of an Islamic middle school 6km from the fire said students were told to stay at home because of the fumes. “We are worried for their health because the fumes from the burning trash are different. The smoke is choking.” It forced the local government to declare a 21-day state of emergency in the area, West Java regent Hengky Kurniawan said on Thursday.
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