Landfill on Kulagić adi u Kraljev since this morning burning again, confirmed Novica Lišanin, director of PUK "Čistoća" Kraljevo, announced RTS.
"According to unofficial information, unknown persons burned some beds at the landfill. There is no open flame there, and white smoke is rising, because four tankers are on the ground and are constantly extinguishing. It's not that black smoke. On the ground are the mechanization of 'Vodovod', 'Cistoća' and 'Puteva' from Kraljevac," says Lišanin.
An invitation was sent to local private companies to send machinery to cover the burning part with earth, says Lišanin, and he expects that "everything will be repaired and put out as soon as possible".
The Environmental Protection Inspectorate of the City of Kraljevo has issued a recommendation to the residents of Kraljevo that, due to the smoldering fire at the landfill, they should not ventilate the buildings and that they should reduce their time outdoors as much as possible until the air quality improves.
According to the results of automatic measuring stations, the values of illegal particles in the air have been at their maximum since this morning in Kraljevo.
Second fire in a week
This is already the second fire at the Kraljevac city landfill in the last week, after the flames engulfed the same place on Sunday evening and also significantly damaged the air quality in this city.
"The fire was first extinguished with water, and later it was buried with earth, until 4 o'clock this morning, when it was finally brought under control." It is expected that it will be fully repaired during the day", said the mayor of Kraljevo Predrag Terzić at the time.
He points out that it is suspected that this fire was caused by persons who entered the landfill without authorization to collect secondary raw materials.
The extremely high temperatures recorded in Serbia these days further increase the risk of fire, especially outdoors, which is why citizens are advised to be extra careful.