20160330 Brunei Forest fire sparks blaze at tyre yard
Brunei Mar 30 2016 “Forest”
Dead : dead 0 or unknown Burnout : 0 or unknown Injured : injured 0 or unknown
Forest fire sparks blaze at tyre yard
Updated: 2016-03-30
Thick smoke from the burning tyres at the junkyard can be seen several kilometres away.
However, he said that even after putting out the flames, there is still a risk of reignition due to the inaccessible heat under the piles of tyres.
The main problem in the efforts to extinguish the flames was a lack of water in the area as a huge amount of water is needed to douse a fire of such intensity, he added.
He confirmed that the cause of the inferno was the forest fire nearby.
“There was fire on the previous day and it was extinguished, but due to the dry and windy weather, the forest fire reignited and spread to the junkyard,” he said.
Ten firefighters and two fire engines were battling the blaze at press time yesterday.
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