Landfill fire forces 400 to evacuate


Hazardous fumes: Toxic smoke coming from the landfill at Pulau Burung in Nibong Tebal. — ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: Residents staying near the Pulau Burung landfill are being relocated while 10 schools have been ordered to close for the next three days.

Some 400 residents from 86 families living near the landfill were evacuated by the authorities following an unhealthy Air Quality Index reading as a result of the fire that broke out at the landfill last Wednesday.

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