Dozens hospitalised as Myanmar battles week-long landfill fire


  • World
  • Saturday, 28 Apr 2018

YANGON (Reuters) - Firefighters in Myanmar scrambled to put out a fire in a massive garbage dump on the edge of its largest city, Yangon, as foul-smelling smoke from the burning trash that injured dozens extended into its second week on Saturday.

The fire has generated a haze blanketing parts of Myanmar's commercial hub and raised concerns about public health. It has spread across nearly a third of the 300-acre landfill in Yangon's northern township of Hlaing Thar Yar.

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