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Through its Decentralized Office in Tumbes, the entity deployed a supervisory team in the affected area.The Environmental Assessment and Supervision Agency (OEFA), an entity attached to the Ministry of the Environment, has been carrying out supervision actions in the municipal dump located in the province of Zarumilla, in the department of Tumbes, which is administered by the district municipalities of Papayal and Aguas Verdes, as well as the Provincial Municipality of Zarumilla.
According to preliminary information, the causes of the incident are still unknown. It is specified that the affected area is a waste site without coverage of 5,500 m2, with possible impact on the soil and air components.
The team from the Deconcentrated Office of the OEFA of Tumbes was deployed in the area with the purpose of supervising the control and contingency actions carried out by the municipal authorities, in the presence of persistent smoke emissions, a situation that is associated with internal combustion processes of accumulated waste.
OEFA supervisors verify in the field the execution of the first response actions that the municipalities have been implementing to control the incident. At the site, there was support from the District Municipality of Aguas Verdes and the Provincial Municipality of Zarumilla, using a 20 m3 water tanker, with the aim of minimizing the risk of fire spread.
Likewise, as part of the emergency control actions, preventive cuts were carried out to prevent the extension of the incident. With these actions, the OEFA reaffirms its commitment to guarantee timely and effective environmental control, in the face of emergency situations that put the quality of the environment and the health of the population at risk, urging the competent authorities to adopt preventive and corrective measures that ensure adequate management of solid waste.
