Brahmapuram Fire News, Kochi Smoke: Fire finally extinguished, no more smoke; air force to reach in brahmapuram waste treatment plant for aerial water spraying

Kochi: Following the fire at the Brahmapuram garbage plant, water spraying operations from Air Force helicopters will begin from today to quell the smoke in the garbage heap. Helicopters from the Air Force’s Solur station are used to pump water from above. Following the fire at Brahmapuram Garbage Plant, District Collector Dr. Renu Raj informed. Meanwhile, smoke continues in Kochi for the fifth day. Smoke also reached Arukutty area of ​​Alappuzha.

There is a situation where smoke is rising from under the garbage. To alleviate this, the work of removing waste up to four meters deep with JCB and pumping water with a big pump is in progress. At present 30 fire tenders and 125 firemen are in service. It pumps 60,000 liters of water per minute. Apart from this, Navy’s air dropping operation is also going on. The Navy’s operation will continue today.

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The Collector also informed that measures have been taken to ensure the health care of the employees working in connection with fire fighting for the last four days. For this, a medical team from Ernakulam General Hospital will come and camp at Brahmapuram today and conduct a medical examination of the employees.

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No need to worry about air quality. The value is decreasing from last day. On Monday afternoon, the level of particulate matter showed 146 at Wytila ​​station and 92 at Elur station. At present there is no reason to fear regarding air pollution. However, as a precautionary measure, the Collector also suggested that people with lung disease, pregnant women, seniors etc. should be extra careful. Efforts to extinguish the smoke continued late Monday night.

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