Huge fire erupts in Sidon’s landfill “trash mountain”

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sidon landfill on fireA huge fire erupted on Thursday at Sidon’s garbage dump, causing black smoke in the skies of the city, LBC reported on Thursday .

LBC quoted its source at the Civil Defense as saying that the fire is “massive”, and said that it trapped a Civil Defense team  member on top of the landfill who was rescued shortly afterwards.

The Civil Defense is struggling to extinguish the fire, the report added

Sidon’s garbage dump is located near the sea and poses a threat to the health and safety of Sidon’s residents. Residents call it a “trash mountain”. The mountain has grown steadily for more than 30 years.

Last October an agreement was signed between the Ministry of Environment and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to turn the garbage mountain into a green park, but judging from the report the garbage is still there.

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8 responses to “Huge fire erupts in Sidon’s landfill “trash mountain””

  1. MekensehParty Avatar
    MekensehParty

    The city of Noah’s grandson
    Praised by Homer himself
    Perl of the Phoenician civilization

    Alexander the Great besieged its wall
    Jesus walked its streets
    Arabs and crusaders fought for centuries for its control
    Even the Mongols from the other side of the continent wanted a piece of it
    the Ottoman could not ignore its commercial importance
    and then came the Lebanese who marked its great history with a monument of their own, reflecting the essence of their civilization: a mountain… of trash!

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      But Mekenseh … imagine the treasures of antiquity buried at the bottom of the pile. 😉

      1. MekensehParty Avatar
        MekensehParty

        treasures better kept underground until the population of Saida (and the rest of Lebanon) learn how to use a Mekenseh 😉

  2. MekensehParty Avatar
    MekensehParty

    The city of Noah’s grandson
    Praised by Homer himself
    Perl of the Phoenician civilization

    Alexander the Great besieged its wall
    Jesus walked its streets
    Arabs and crusaders fought for centuries for its control
    Even the Mongols from the other side of the continent wanted a piece of it
    the Ottoman could not ignore its commercial importance
    and then came the Lebanese who marked its great history with a monument of their own, reflecting the essence of their civilization: a mountain… of trash!

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      But Mekenseh … imagine the treasures of antiquity buried at the bottom of the pile. 😉

      1. MekensehParty Avatar
        MekensehParty

        treasures better kept underground until the population of Saida (and the rest of Lebanon) learn how to use a Mekenseh 😉

  3. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    The one in Tripoli is looking lovelier …. The Lebanese plant them close to the Sea to disguise the trickles of decomposition – only the red rivers show the results of up-stream dumping. 40 years of ‘war’ didn’t help much, of course … but even dead cows floating in from ships that toss them overboard stay on a beach due to sectarian arguments over who can be a godly garbage-man.
    I’m sure there must be one sect that thinks burning is best … and praises a god for ‘spontaneous combustion’. (faith depending on the wind direction, of course 😉

  4. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    The one in Tripoli is looking lovelier …. The Lebanese plant them close to the Sea to disguise the trickles of decomposition – only the red rivers show the results of up-stream dumping. 40 years of ‘war’ didn’t help much, of course … but even dead cows floating in from ships that toss them overboard stay on a beach due to sectarian arguments over who can be a godly garbage-man.
    I’m sure there must be one sect that thinks burning is best … and praises a god for ‘spontaneous combustion’. (faith depending on the wind direction, of course 😉

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