Toxic smoke from Navotas landfill reaches Bulacan villages

OBANDO, Bulacan—More than 3,000 residents in at least two island barangays here have begun wearing N95 masks following the evacuation of families due to suspected health hazards from the fire burning in a landfill in Navotas, Metro Manila. A total of 335 individuals from 111 families have been evacuated so far in the barangays. In an advisory, Mayor Leonardo “Ding” Valeda said Monday that evacuees from Barangay Salambao are currently staying at Obando National High School and the municipal evacuation center.  They were moved out on Saturday following toxic gas emissions from the Tanza Sanitary Landfill, where a fire broke […]... Keep on reading: Toxic smoke from Navotas landfill reaches Bulacan villages

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