In March 2023, a major fire broke out at the 110-acre Bhrahmapuram landfill site at Bhrahmapuram in Vadavukot-Puthankurish Panchayat, 17 km from Kochi city.[1] The fire began on 2 March 2023 at around three in the afternoon.[2] Smoke rising from Bhrahmapuram made life difficult for the people of Ernakulam.[3] Due to the high level of air pollution after the fire in Ernakulam district, many people experienced cough, difficulty in breathing, headache, dizziness, eye discomfort and itching. It took 12-13 days for the fire to be brought under control.[4] Weeks after the devastating fire at the Brahmapuram landfill, another fire was reported on 26 March.[5]
^"വരുത്തിവച്ച വിന: ശ്വാസംമുട്ടി കൊച്ചി; ബ്രഹ്മപുരത്ത് സംഭവിക്കുന്നത് എന്ത്?". ManoramaOnline (in Malayalam). Retrieved 19 March 2023.
^"ബ്രഹ്മപുരം മാലിന്യ സംസ്കരണ പ്ലാന്റിൽ തീപിടിത്തം; അണയ്ക്കാനുള്ള ശ്രമം തുടരുന്നു". ManoramaOnline (in Malayalam). Retrieved 19 March 2023.
^ഡെസ്ക്, വെബ്. "ബ്രഹ്മപുരം വിഷയത്തിൽ ദീർഘകാലാടിസ്ഥാനത്തിൽ പരിഹാരത്തിന് ശ്രമമെന്ന് കളക്ടർ;എട്ടാം ദിവസവും തീ അണയ്ക്കാനായില്ല". The Fourth (in Malayalam). Retrieved 19 March 2023.
^"5 days in, Brahmapuram blaze continues to choke Kochi". www.downtoearth.org.in. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
^"Kochi's Brahmapuram waste dumping yard catches fire, again". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
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