Toxic fumes fill Delhi’s skies after vast landfill site catches fire
Blaze at 65-metre high ‘mountain of shame’ in Ghazipur still not completely put out
Parts of a fire that broke out on Monday at a gigantic landfill site on the outskirts of Delhi known as the “mountain of shame” were still smouldering 24 hours later, choking local residents who have complained of breathing in toxic fumes.
Dozens of firefighters struggled to douse the flames at the landfill site in Ghazipur, due to its height and a lack of access roads.