Fire fighters continue battling fire at Brahmapuram waste plant in Kochi

As many as 30 fire tenders, two Navy helicopters and over 120 fire force personnel among others on Monday continued to battle the fire at the Brahmapuram waste plant here from where toxic smoke has spread across the city and neighbouring areas.

Even though the fire appears to be extinguished, huge amounts of smoke was still rising from the waste mound. The Kakkanad, Aroor and Vytilla regions of the city appeared to be hazy during the day.

District authorities said each of the fire tenders was using approximately 40,000 litres of water each to put out the smoke.

The authorities have pressed into use six excavators to pick the waste and pump water underneath.

They also said that water is being taken from the nearby Kadamprayar river with the help of floating earth-moving equipment and powerful machines are being used to extinguish smoke by flooding the entire area which is under fire.

The Navy helicopter, Seaking, collected water from a nearby reservoir and poured it over the ...