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View all search resultsArson probe deepens Tangerang landfill crisis
As toxic fumes from the Jatiwaringin landfill in Tangerang, Banten, continued to blanket nearby communities a week after a massive fire broke out, investigators began probing possible arson, further exposing Indonesia’s deepening landfill crisis.
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A water-bombing helicopter drops water on a fire on Wednesday at the Jatiwaringin landfill in Tangerang Regency, Banten. On the second day of firefighting efforts, Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) deployed two water-bombing helicopters to help contain the blaze, which had spread across about 15 hectares of the landfill's 33-ha site. Authorities said the fire was caused by a combination of extreme heat and methane gas generated by decomposing waste. (JP/Iqro Rinaldi)
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s toxic fumes from the Jatiwaringin landfill in Tangerang, Banten, continued to blanket nearby communities a week after a massive fire broke out, investigators have begun probing possible arson, further exposing Indonesia’s deepening landfill crisis.
Small sections of the landfill were still burning on Monday, with at least nine water trucks and four helicopters deployed to contain the blaze, according to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB).
Authorities initially attributed the fire, which erupted last Tuesday, to prolonged high temperatures amid the dry season that ignited methane gas generated by decades of decomposing waste.
Investigators, however, are now also examining reports of small-scale open burning in and around the landfill before the blaze, raising the possibility that human activity contributed to the disaster.
The Tangerang Police have launched an investigation into possible arson or negligence.
“We are currently gathering evidence. The investigation began after receiving reports from the public,” Tangerang Police chief Sr. Comr. Andi Muhammad Indra Waspada Amirullah said previously.
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