<p>Palakkad, Kerala: A fire broke out at a waste dumping site in a village of this district in the wee hours of Saturday.</p>.<p>According to fire and rescue personnel, a huge quantity of plastic waste collected by the 'Haritha Karma Sena' was dumped near Chittur village and the dump caught fire around 4 am.</p>.<p>The 'Haritha Karma Sena' is a Kerala government initiative in the field of sanitation and waste management in local self-government bodies in the state.</p>.<p>A fire and rescue services officer who went to the incident site said that around six fire tenders were pressed into service before the blaze was brought under control.</p>.Mysuru: Forest fire breaks out in Chamundi hills, doused off.<p>"The fire will not spread anymore. We are waiting for it to burn out. No one was harmed in the incident. A north Indian family living nearby was evacuated before we began our operation," the officer said.</p>.<p>He also said that there was no proper road to the dumping site for large vehicles to approach and therefore, they had to make a path first for the fire tenders to reach the area.</p>.<p>The officer also said that while the exact cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained, it was not due to any short circuit.</p>
<p>Palakkad, Kerala: A fire broke out at a waste dumping site in a village of this district in the wee hours of Saturday.</p>.<p>According to fire and rescue personnel, a huge quantity of plastic waste collected by the 'Haritha Karma Sena' was dumped near Chittur village and the dump caught fire around 4 am.</p>.<p>The 'Haritha Karma Sena' is a Kerala government initiative in the field of sanitation and waste management in local self-government bodies in the state.</p>.<p>A fire and rescue services officer who went to the incident site said that around six fire tenders were pressed into service before the blaze was brought under control.</p>.Mysuru: Forest fire breaks out in Chamundi hills, doused off.<p>"The fire will not spread anymore. We are waiting for it to burn out. No one was harmed in the incident. A north Indian family living nearby was evacuated before we began our operation," the officer said.</p>.<p>He also said that there was no proper road to the dumping site for large vehicles to approach and therefore, they had to make a path first for the fire tenders to reach the area.</p>.<p>The officer also said that while the exact cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained, it was not due to any short circuit.</p>