Summary:
"We could not auction off the leaves, twigs and logs which had no sale value," said corporation deputy commissioner (works) K S Kandasamy. "Apart from twigs and branches, there were logs in the interiors of the dump yard that had also caught fire. The corporation had auctioned off the wood, but the logs rendered non-saleable had been packed off to landfills. "Due to the continuous wind and heaps of garbage, it took time to contain the fire," said Hameed. "We have never seen anything like this in more than five years," said Ganesan Perumal, who resides opposite the toxic landfill..