A waste dump blaze that has been
spewing foul-smelling fumes over Milan since Sunday is now
"virtually out", sources said Friday.
Fire services are "in the final stage" of extinguishing the
fire on the Lombard capital's northern outskirts, the sources
said.
"The fire is practically out," said fire service command,
"and we expect to put out the last two or three sources with
minimal smoke emissions by this afternoon".
The local branch of environmental agency ARPA said there had
been a "foreseeable" rise in dioxin levels in the Milanese air
because of the fire.
The blaze was thus to be classified of "low to medium
impact", ARPA said.
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