The dumped tyres, still to be disposed of, have been accumulated there over the past two decades.Recently, a huge fire at one of the tire landfills on Salmi Road south of the country was brought under control as firefighting teams worked hard to isolate the fire from the rest of the tires and confined it to an area of 200 square meters.The Arhiya tire crisis was first recorded in April 2012 when a large fire broke out in the tire landfills, attracting the world’s attention to the tyre graveyard.The April 2012 tire fire was followed by another fire in November 2019 that took a long time to put out.
