Fire breaks out at Yerevan landfill
A fire broke out at the Nubarashen landfill site on the outskirts of Yerevan late on Monday, opposition members of the Yerevan City Council said.
Opposition Mother Armenia faction member Sona Aghekyan posted a video of the fire on social media after visiting the landfill with her colleague Grigor Iskandaryan.
She blamed the municipal authorities for the repeated fire outbreaks at the garbage dump.
Mother Armenia councilor Gevorg Stepanyan also reported the fire on Facebook.
"Poisonous smoke from garbage is spreading throughout Yerevan,” he wrote.
“In recent years, Yerevan residents have been repeatedly told lies about plans to turn the dump into a garbage processing plant," Stepanyan added.