By Editorial,
Fire has broken out at the Kiteezi landfill.
The incident happened today when residents saw thick plumes of smoke raging over the dump site, KCCA officials led by Executive Director Sharifah Buzeki, Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago and technical teams rushed to the scene to coordinate firefighting efforts.
The Police fire Brigade and other emergency response teams arrived and battled the fire in an attempt to bring it under control.
The police and the other response teams were also planning to evacuate the residents neighbouring the land refill.
Buzeki says that information received from the experts indicates that the fire may have been triggered by the accumulation of methane gas that is beneath the landfill’s surface.
Buzeki said that anyone who has returned to inhabit the demarcated 200-meter buffer zone around the landfill in the villages of Lusanjje, Kitetika and Kiteezi must vacate immediately. No death was recorded. End.