accommodate residents of Ladang Byram following the fire at the Pulau Burung landfill, was closed

Water from the Pearl River floods Byram Swinging Bridge, which connects Hinds and Rankin Counties

. However, the committee said those from Ladang Byram were still advised to stay put at the temporary

) against the management of the Pulau Burung landfill at Jalan Byram here after a fire broke out at the

NIBONG TEBAL: The Pulau Burung landfill area, which is on fire, has been declared as a Level 1 disaster area based on a National Security Council directive, say police. Seberang Prai Selatan OCPD Supt Lee Chong Chern, who is the disaster operations commander, said this meant the public was not allowed to enter the area. However, he said landfill workers were allowed to enter the area. Supt Lee also said no theft has been reported by residents who were evacuated due to the Pulau Burung landfill f

KUALA LUMPUR: The investigation papers in connection with the Pulau Burung landfill fire are being completed, according to the Department of Environment( DoE). Its director-general Wan Abdul Latiff Wan Jaffar said the investigation was being conducted under Section 29A and Section 34A of the Environmental Quality Act( AKAS) 1974 for open burning and compliance with the Environmental Impact Assessment( EIA) requirements." DOE will continue to monitor air quality in the area using a portable parti

NIBONG TEBAL: It has been 11 days and acrid, white smoke is still billowing out of the Pulau Burung landfill in thick clouds, tearing up the eyes of everyone caught in the direction of where the wind blows. That is how tedious it gets when a landfill catches fire, said state Fire and Rescue Services Department assistant director( operations) Mohd Hafiz Hafizal Timaradin. Worrying sight: Images by the Penang Department of Environment showing the fire at the Pulau Burung landfill in Nibong Tebal.“

GEORGE TOWN: Ten schools located within a 10km radius of the Pulau Burung landfill on the mainland of Penang were ordered to close from Wednesday( Jan 19) to Friday( Jan 21) following a fire at the landfill that broke out last Wednesday( Jan 12). Southern district education chief Mohamad Dziauddin Mat Saad said the decision was made after a district disaster management meeting on Monday( Jan 17)." The meeting concluded that the Air Quality Index of the areas around the schools located within the

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" Right now, the next seven days[ don't] look too conducive to getting much precipitation." The dry conditions will lead to continued elevated wildfire risk in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Vermont as relative humidity drops to 15% in some of the regions.... In the Inwood neighborhood of Manhattan, the Fire Department of New York was battling an extensive brush fire that broke out on Wednesday afternoon. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service has experienced a 1, 300% increase in fir