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THREE days after a fire struck the Barangay Tapul Landfill, the Talisay City Government has used limestone to help address the smoke that has affected residents, including those of the neighboring town of Minglanilla. On his Facebook page on Friday, April 19, 2024, Talisay City Mayor Gerald Anthony “Samsam” Gullas Jr. acknowledged that the Tuesday fire that firefighters put out on Wednesday was still emitting smoke but he said the local government was now addressing it.
The councilor said she herself had been suffering from asthma attacks due to the bad air.Still coming Gullas said a landfill fire is always difficult to put out and that even if the fire has already been put out, “mag sige g’yud nag aso tungod sa basura .”The mayor explained that limestone should be heaped on the area to stop the smoke, and that they were only able to begin doing this on Thursday.
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