A state of emergency was declared only in Užice, where the "Duboko" landfill is located, and the smoke spread to the surrounding municipalities. Who will be in the cloud of smoke depends on the wind, but also the success of further extinguishing the fire
Request for an emergency session of the Požega Municipal Assembly with the presence of the director of the Public Utility Company "deep" from Užice, submitted by the coalitions "Požega against violence" and "HOPE for Požega", in order to consider the environmental and health situation in which that municipality found itself.
As announced by the Initiative for Burning, the fire that broke out on May 3 at the "Duboko" landfill was not fully extinguished, and "the burning of various wastes represents a serious environmental and health hazard" for that region.
"The landfill itself is located on the territory of Užice, but the JKP 'Duboko', which maintains it for its work, is responsible to several municipalities and cities of the Zlatibor and Moravica districts, as the aforementioned project is of a regional character. In the meantime, we are also asking for an independent measurement of air quality instead of constant assurances that everything is fine, which we express our doubts about," the statement said.
As they state, instead of reducing "political damage", they call on local authorities to inform citizens about potential health hazards and desirable behavior in order to reduce risk exposure.
No helicopters
Due to the announced unfavorable weather conditions helicopter unit will not be engaged in extinguishing on Sunday, it was concluded at yesterday's meeting of the City Headquarters for Emergency Situations.
Kamov Ka-32 and Super Puma H215 helicopters with a large water capacity, due to the outbreak of fire due to the collapse of the right side of the landfill, provided support to city and communal services engaged in burying the fire with sand in the previous days.
"Firefighting activities at the RC "Duboko" landfill are taking place in accordance with established plans and dynamics. Stabilization of part of the landfill was carried out and works were carried out to enable more effective fire extinguishing, which resulted in a reduction in the amount of smoke. However, it must be borne in mind that the weather conditions and the work on access to the burned surface temporarily lead to the appearance of a greater intensity of smoke," the statement of the headquarters states.
According to the City Headquarters for Emergency Situations, a sufficient number of machinery and personnel were engaged in extinguishing the fire, but it was also concluded that it is necessary to purchase an additional amount of foam extract as soon as possible.
"There is no place to panic"
"I want to address all mothers and fathers of children, from babies and toddlers to school-aged children, and tell them that there is no place for panic." All this time since what is happening in our environment has been happening, I have been working and I have been on duty and tonight I will be on duty and no one, but literally no one has called with complaints caused by the fire at the Duboko landfill, neither directly nor complained on the phone that children vomited, suffocated or anything else," pointed out Dr. Novka Vukašinović, head of the Department of Pediatrics at the Užice Health Center.
She asked parents to call for advice about cramps, temperature or other health problems now if they have any suspicion that their children's problems are related to this situation.
According to the Deputy Head of the City Staff for Emergency Situations, Zoran Militarov, several new measuring stations have been installed to monitor the air quality in the area near the landfill itself, Luznicka dolina, Sevojno and in all those places where the current air quality may be in question, due to the clouds to that area.
He states that all parameters are within the permissible limits, but that continuous monitoring continues.
"We are witnessing that the fire is being extinguished at the Duboko landfill, which results in the appearance of smoke on a larger scale, which, depending on the weather conditions, especially the wind, spreads over a wider area of the city", points out Zoran Militarov, Deputy Chief of the City Staff for extraordinary situations.
According to him, it depends on the wind which area will be more or less affected at some point.
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