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We will submit a report on the fire to the state government in three days. Protesting the frequent fire outbreaks, residents and Tripunithura councillors blocked vehicles at Puthiya Road Junction on Saturday night. KOCHI/TRIPUNITHURA: More than 48 hours after the fire broke out at Brahmapuram waste treatment plant, the district administration on Sunday evening said they could douse the fire and bring down the percentage of smoke emanating from the plastic waste mound.“We could douse the fire and bring down 50% of the thick blanket of smoke billowing out from the mound. “We stopped the protest at 3.30am on Sunday when two revenue officials held meeting with us and conveyed us about the measures being taken to douse the fire at the plant. They dumped earth on heaps of waste to prevent emission of thick smoke.Kerala state pollution control board (KSPCB) officials visited Brahmapuram plant again on Sunday along with Justice A V Ramakrishna Pillai, who heads the newly-formed state-level monitoring committee for the implementation of solid waste management rules 2016.KSPCB recorded high levels of respirable suspended particulate matter (RSPM) in the air at their monitoring stations at Brahmapuram, Vyttila hub and Ambalamugal..