A new waste plant burns in Rome: is it an environmental emergency in Rocca Cencia?

The Rocca Cencia plant, the last Tmb owned by Ama, the municipal waste management company of Rome, is on fire.

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Yet another fire in a waste depot in Rome: this time it is the Rocca Cencia plant, the last Tmb owned by the Ama, the municipal waste management system of the capital, that burns. The Prosecutor has opened an investigation file, assuming for the moment the crime of negligent fire.

After the fire that made the Salario plant unusable, one wonders now what are the consequences for garbage collection in Rome. For now it seems none, since the plant is not out of order and will be able to continue working, but the damage caused to the environment and to citizens of the eastern suburbs of Rome (and beyond) due to toxic smoke. Arpa teams are at work to monitor air quality, but they certainly will not be able to bring good news to the inhabitants of the area.

The fire broke out in the late evening of Sunday 24 March and involved an isolated area of the Tmb (Mechanical-Biological Treatment) plant, of about 2 thousand square meters, where about 400 tons of waste would have ended up at the stake.

At 22.30 pm a note from the command of the fire brigade in via Genova said: “The fire is extinguished, the cooling activities will continue all night. A team from the Nbcr Nucleus (nuclear biological chemical radiological) will also be sent to the site for the protection of operators ".

The causes of the fire are still to be clarified e for now the PM Carlo Villani, after an initial inspection, has opened an investigation file.

In the next few hours, the Fire Brigade will continue with the dismantling and cooling of the waste affected by the fire, while it remains to be assessed whether the site will remain open (for the moment vehicles unload at the Malagrotta plants) and what the consequences will be on the collection of waste in the capital, which is already in extreme pain.

A new waste plant burns in Rome: is it an environmental emergency in Rocca Cencia?

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The Rocca Cencia plant is the last one owned by Ama after the December fire in the Salario plant, which handled about 800 tons of waste a day and had already been at the center of citizen protests for some time. The vast fire caused a cloud of smoke and a acrid smell to the center of the city. The area is now under seizure and the prosecutor has opened a file for culpable disaster.

#Rome # 24mar, from 19:40 pm #vigilidelfuoco teams committed to the #fire in a waste disposal company in via di Rocca Cencia. Extinguished flames, cooling activities and remediation in progress pic.twitter.com/F8uXzUuD4M

- Fire Brigade (@emergenzavvf) March 24, 2019

Rome produces up to 4.700 tons of garbage every day, of which only 44,2 percent is separated. The rest of the unsorted waste is disposed of in these special plants, so-called Tmb, mechanical-biological treatment.