The Navotas City government has extended relief assistance to around 3,000 families in Obando, Bulacan affected by smoke from the Navotas Sanitary Landfill Facility (NSFL) fire. Navotas Mayor John Rey Tiangco said the city government provided 3,000 sacks of rice for families in four barangays in...
Prime Infrastructure has deployed two firefighting tugboats to help contain the blaze at the Navotas sanitary landfill, as local authorities continue efforts to extinguish a deep-seated fire that broke out on April 10. In a press briefing on Wednesday, April 15, Navotas City Mayor John Rey Tiangco...
Governor Daniel R. Fernando, together with the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO), distributed relief assistance on Tuesday, April 14, to families in Obando, Bulacan affected by the fire that struck the Navotas landfill last Friday, April 10. Fernando, accompanied by PSWDO...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on Tuesday, April 14, explained why air quality readings in Navotas remained at “good” to “fair” levels despite lingering smoke from a recent landfill fire. To recall, the Navotas City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office...
Lapses in the closure and rehabilitation of the Navotas Sanitary Landfill have been blamed for the underground fire that continues to smolder at the site, where authorities on Tuesday, April 14, intensified sand burial operations to contain the incident. Navotas City Mayor John Rey Tiangco said...
Navotas City recorded a “good” air quality level on Monday, April 13, even as white smoke continued to rise from the closed Navotas Sanitary Landfill Facility due to persistent underground smoldering despite the absence of visible flames. The Navotas City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management...
The situation at the Navotas Sanitary Landfill remains dangerous as accessibility issues continue to hound the suppression operations, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) stated on Monday, April 13. In a Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon press briefing on Monday, April 13, BFP spokesperson Supt. Anthony...
Air quality levels turned “very unhealthy” in Quezon City (Manila Observatory) and “unhealthy” in Quezon City (Commonwealth Avenue), Navotas City, and Malabon City following a recent fire at a landfill in Navotas, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said. This was...
The Navotas City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (DRRMO) will begin soil-cover operations on Monday, April 13, to block oxygen and suppress the underground fire at the closed Navotas Sanitary Landfill Facility. The blaze remains contained but continues to smolder beneath the surface....
The Navotas City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (Navotas City DRRMO) clarified on Saturday, April 11, that the old Navotas Sanitary Landfill (NSLF), which caught fire on Friday night, April 10, and is now under control , is not owned by the local government. It said that the NSLF...
Thick smoke from the ongoing fire at the Navotas Sanitary Landfill spread across parts of Metro Manila on Saturday, April 11, as the blaze continued to emit smoke and affected air quality in several areas. The fire, which broke out around 8 p.m. on April 10, continued to send smoke across multiple...
Authorities confirmed Saturday morning, April 11, that the blaze at the Navotas Sanitary Landfill had been brought under control, though suppression operations remain ongoing despite difficult access to the site. Firefighters contained the fire at an inactive waste disposal facility in Barangay...
