Major fire at Delhi landfill as India swelters

Temperatures in Delhi are expected to hover around 44 degrees C until Sunday. Meanwhile, a large blaze has erupted at an enormous rubbish dump in the city's north.

The dump covers an area equivalent to 50 football fields

Garbage dump on fire

On Wednesday, firefighters attempted to extinguish a fire burning at the massive Bhalswa landfill in the city's north.

The landfill — the same height as a 17-level building and covering an area more than 50 football fields — was meant to have been closed a decade ago. But more than 2,300 tons of garbage still get dumped there every day.

The acrid smoke has forced informal waste workers to endure even more dangerous conditions

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Finally questions arises, what we are going to do after this incident as a citizen?

BE A GOOD CITIZEN BY BEING A GOOD HUMANBEING

 than normal.