Sa Kaeo city is flooded! The weather is extremely hot, garbage dump fires are covering the whole city, PM2.5 dust levels are soaring.

April 24, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. Incident Notification Center Public disaster prevention and relief work, Sa Kaeo Municipality Received a report that there was a fire at a garbage dump. at the integrated waste and sewage disposal center of Sa Kaeo Municipality (Sa Kaeo Municipal Garbage Pit), which is located in the area of ​​Ban Khao Din, Village No. 4, Nong Bon Subdistrict, Mueang Sa Kaeo District, Sa Kaeo Province, where a fire occurred in the garbage pond. It happened again after a big fire happened once in 2023. This causes black smoke alternating with white smoke to rise into the sky in a long way. visible in the distance It created a lot of panic among the villagers who saw it. Due to fear that PM2.5 dust values ​​will rise to the point of causing harm to the respiratory system of villagers.

Later, Mr. Trakul Sukkul, Mayor of Sa Kaeo Municipality Received a report of a fire in a garbage pit at the solid waste disposal center of Sa Kaeo Municipality. Therefore ordered Mr. Harit Sukkul, Deputy Mayor of Sa Kaeo City and Mr. Natthawat Soit Lieutenant, Permanent Secretary of Sa Kaeo City Municipality. Mobilize fire levels and water trucks of Sa Kaeo Municipality. Everyone went out to extinguish the fire that was burning at the garbage dump. But because the landfill has an area of ​​more than 43 rai There is a pile of more than 50,000 tons of garbage. It is feared that the fire may spread. Widely burned Sa Kaeo Municipality Therefore, we requested support for water trucks and fire trucks from the municipality and nearby sub-district administrative organizations, totaling more than 10 vehicles, to help extinguish the fire that was burning in the Sa Kaeo Municipal Garbage Pit.

Mr. Natthawat Soit Lieutenant, Permanent Secretary of Sa Kaeo Municipality, revealed that he had been informed by Garbage dump officials said that the fire at the garbage dump was caused by heat that caused a fire inside the garbage dump, not from outside. Therefore, it is believed that it may have been caused by extremely hot weather that caused a large amount of accumulated garbage to generate heat. until causing a fire Currently, the Sa Kaeo Municipality Firefighters and water trucks have been mobilized to help extinguish the fire urgently. Yo received support for fire trucks and water trucks from the municipality and nearby sub-district administrative organizations to help extinguish the fire, a total of about 10 vehicles. It is expected that the fire will be able to be controlled so that it does not spread into a large fire like in 2023.

As for Mr. Harit Sukkul, Deputy Mayor of Sa Kaeo Municipality who came to supervise the extinguishing of the fire at the garbage dump revealed that Officials were able to control the fire burning at the landfill in a limited way. It is expected that by this evening the fire burning at the garbage dump will be completely extinguished. We brought a backhoe to support the fire extinguishing at the garbage dump in order to open the front of the garbage pile, allowing the fire truck to spray water to extinguish the fire under the garbage pile. It is expected that it will definitely not spread.