Pollution up after waste-plant blaze (2)

(ANSA) - Rome, December 12 - Lazio regional environment agency ARPA said Wednesday that it registered a rise in pollution levels on Tuesday after a huge blaze at a waste-processing plant in the north of the capital.
    The facility handled a big chunk of the capital's waste and there are also fears that the loss of structure could throw the city's already troubled waste-management system into crisis.
    Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi, however, said Wednesday that central government and other regions had responded to her appeal for help and there would not be a refuse emergency over the Christmas holidays.
    "We are addressing the crisis in a structural way to prevent the Christmas peak, which always happens," Raggi said.