"Meethotamulla"

#1913229

23 April 2017

A Sri Lanka Army soldier is seen working at the site of the collapsed garbage mountain at Meetotamulla, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 23 April 2017. Sri Lanka's National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) declared Meethotamulla Garbage dump site as a danger zone last week and requested residents to be evacuated from the vicinity.Following the orders residents of over 150 houses have been asked to move with immediate effect. A huge man-made Garbage mountain, at the edge of the capitol city Colombo created with dumping the ever increasing waste from the city collapsed on houses in the vicinity on 14 April 2017. The death toll from the Meethotamulla tragedy has reached 31 and several more are still missing. A team of Japanese experts in Sri Lanka to investigate into the cause of the collapse and aid Sri Lanka’s waste disposal process stated on 21 April 2017 that Methane levels at the Meethotamulla garbage dump is measured at 16% and the conditions are extremely flammable.

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23 April 2017

A Sri Lanka Army soldier is seen working at the site of the collapsed garbage mountain at Meetotamulla, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 23 April 2017. Sri Lanka's National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) declared Meethotamulla Garbage dump site as a danger zone last week and requested residents to be evacuated from the vicinity.Following the orders residents of over 150 houses have been asked to move with immediate effect. A huge man-made Garbage mountain, at the edge of the capitol city Colombo created with dumping the ever increasing waste from the city collapsed on houses in the vicinity on 14 April 2017. The death toll from the Meethotamulla tragedy has reached 31 and several more are still missing. A team of Japanese experts in Sri Lanka to investigate into the cause of the collapse and aid Sri Lanka’s waste disposal process stated on 21 April 2017 that Methane levels at the Meethotamulla garbage dump is measured at 16% and the conditions are extremely flammable.

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#1913233

23 April 2017

Sri Lanka Army personnel cover the site of the collapsed garbage mountain with black colored polythene at Meetotamulla, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 23 April 2017. Sri Lanka's National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) declared Meethotamulla Garbage dump site as a danger zone last week and requested residents to be evacuated from the vicinity.Following the orders residents of over 150 houses have been asked to move with immediate effect. A huge man-made Garbage mountain, at the edge of the capitol city Colombo created with dumping the ever increasing waste from the city collapsed on houses in the vicinity on 14 April 2017. The death toll from the Meethotamulla tragedy has reached 31 and several more are still missing. A team of Japanese experts in Sri Lanka to investigate into the cause of the collapse and aid Sri Lanka’s waste disposal process stated on 21 April 2017 that Methane levels at the Meethotamulla garbage dump is measured at 16% and the conditions are extremely flammable.

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23 April 2017

Sri Lanka Army personnel cover the site of the collapsed garbage mountain with black colored polythene at Meetotamulla, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 23 April 2017. Sri Lanka's National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) declared Meethotamulla Garbage dump site as a danger zone last week and requested residents to be evacuated from the vicinity.Following the orders residents of over 150 houses have been asked to move with immediate effect. A huge man-made Garbage mountain, at the edge of the capitol city Colombo created with dumping the ever increasing waste from the city collapsed on houses in the vicinity on 14 April 2017. The death toll from the Meethotamulla tragedy has reached 31 and several more are still missing. A team of Japanese experts in Sri Lanka to investigate into the cause of the collapse and aid Sri Lanka’s waste disposal process stated on 21 April 2017 that Methane levels at the Meethotamulla garbage dump is measured at 16% and the conditions are extremely flammable.

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#1913249

23 April 2017

Sri Lanka Army personnel cover the site of the collapsed garbage mountain with black colored polythene at Meetotamulla, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 23 April 2017. Sri Lanka's National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) declared Meethotamulla Garbage dump site as a danger zone last week and requested residents to be evacuated from the vicinity.Following the orders residents of over 150 houses have been asked to move with immediate effect. A huge man-made Garbage mountain, at the edge of the capitol city Colombo created with dumping the ever increasing waste from the city collapsed on houses in the vicinity on 14 April 2017. The death toll from the Meethotamulla tragedy has reached 31 and several more are still missing. A team of Japanese experts in Sri Lanka to investigate into the cause of the collapse and aid Sri Lanka’s waste disposal process stated on 21 April 2017 that Methane levels at the Meethotamulla garbage dump is measured at 16% and the conditions are extremely flammable.

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#1913258

23 April 2017

Sri Lanka Army personnel cover the site of the collapsed garbage mountain with black colored polythene at Meetotamulla, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 23 April 2017. Sri Lanka's National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) declared Meethotamulla Garbage dump site as a danger zone last week and requested residents to be evacuated from the vicinity.Following the orders residents of over 150 houses have been asked to move with immediate effect. A huge man-made Garbage mountain, at the edge of the capitol city Colombo created with dumping the ever increasing waste from the city collapsed on houses in the vicinity on 14 April 2017. The death toll from the Meethotamulla tragedy has reached 31 and several more are still missing. A team of Japanese experts in Sri Lanka to investigate into the cause of the collapse and aid Sri Lanka’s waste disposal process stated on 21 April 2017 that Methane levels at the Meethotamulla garbage dump is measured at 16% and the conditions are extremely flammable.

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#1913291

23 April 2017

Sri Lanka Army personnel cover the site of the collapsed garbage mountain with black colored polythene at Meetotamulla, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 23 April 2017. Sri Lanka's National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) declared Meethotamulla Garbage dump site as a danger zone last week and requested residents to be evacuated from the vicinity.Following the orders residents of over 150 houses have been asked to move with immediate effect. A huge man-made Garbage mountain, at the edge of the capitol city Colombo created with dumping the ever increasing waste from the city collapsed on houses in the vicinity on 14 April 2017. The death toll from the Meethotamulla tragedy has reached 31 and several more are still missing. A team of Japanese experts in Sri Lanka to investigate into the cause of the collapse and aid Sri Lanka’s waste disposal process stated on 21 April 2017 that Methane levels at the Meethotamulla garbage dump is measured at 16% and the conditions are extremely flammable.

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#1913252

23 April 2017

Sri Lankan garbage collapse survivors sit and discuss among the debris of their damaged house in Meetotamulla, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, April 23, 2017 Sri Lanka's National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) declared Meethotamulla Garbage dump site as a danger zone last week and requested residents to be evacuated from the vicinity.Following the orders residents of over 150 houses have been asked to move with immediate effect. A huge man-made Garbage mountain, at the edge of the capitol city Colombo created with dumping the ever increasing waste from the city collapsed on houses in the vicinity on 14 April 2017. The death toll from the Meethotamulla tragedy has reached 31 and several more are still missing. A team of Japanese experts in Sri Lanka to investigate into the cause of the collapse and aid Sri Lanka’s waste disposal process stated on 21 April 2017 that Methane levels at the Meethotamulla garbage dump is measured at 16% and the conditions are extremely flammable.

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23 April 2017

A Sri Lankan garbage collapse survivor searches for documents among the debris of his damaged house in Meetotamulla, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, April 23, 2017 Sri Lanka's National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) declared Meethotamulla Garbage dump site as a danger zone last week and requested residents to be evacuated from the vicinity.Following the orders residents of over 150 houses have been asked to move with immediate effect. A huge man-made Garbage mountain, at the edge of the capitol city Colombo created with dumping the ever increasing waste from the city collapsed on houses in the vicinity on 14 April 2017. The death toll from the Meethotamulla tragedy has reached 31 and several more are still missing. A team of Japanese experts in Sri Lanka to investigate into the cause of the collapse and aid Sri Lanka’s waste disposal process stated on 21 April 2017 that Methane levels at the Meethotamulla garbage dump is measured at 16% and the conditions are extremely flammable.

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#1913255

23 April 2017

A general view of the site of the collapsed garbage mountain that is being covered with black colored polythene by Sri Lankan Army personnel at Meetotamulla, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 23 April 2017. Sri Lanka's National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) declared Meethotamulla Garbage dump site as a danger zone last week and requested residents to be evacuated from the vicinity.Following the orders residents of over 150 houses have been asked to move with immediate effect. A huge man-made Garbage mountain, at the edge of the capitol city Colombo created with dumping the ever increasing waste from the city collapsed on houses in the vicinity on 14 April 2017. The death toll from the Meethotamulla tragedy has reached 31 and several more are still missing. A team of Japanese experts in Sri Lanka to investigate into the cause of the collapse and aid Sri Lanka’s waste disposal process stated on 21 April 2017 that Methane levels at the Meethotamulla garbage dump is measured at 16% and the conditions are extremely flammable.

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#1913260

23 April 2017

A Red flag that demarcate danger zones is seen among the debris of damaged houses days after the collapse of a garbage mound in Meetotamulla, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, April 23, 2017. Sri Lanka's National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) declared Meethotamulla Garbage dump site as a danger zone last week and requested residents to be evacuated from the vicinity.Following the orders residents of over 150 houses have been asked to move with immediate effect. A huge man-made Garbage mountain, at the edge of the capitol city Colombo created with dumping the ever increasing waste from the city collapsed on houses in the vicinity on 14 April 2017. The death toll from the Meethotamulla tragedy has reached 31 and several more are still missing. A team of Japanese experts in Sri Lanka to investigate into the cause of the collapse and aid Sri Lanka’s waste disposal process stated on 21 April 2017 that Methane levels at the Meethotamulla garbage dump is measured at 16% and the conditions are extremely flammable.

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23 April 2017

A Red flag that demarcate danger zones is seen among the debris of damaged houses days after the collapse of a garbage mound in Meetotamulla, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, April 23, 2017. Sri Lanka's National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) declared Meethotamulla Garbage dump site as a danger zone last week and requested residents to be evacuated from the vicinity.Following the orders residents of over 150 houses have been asked to move with immediate effect. A huge man-made Garbage mountain, at the edge of the capitol city Colombo created with dumping the ever increasing waste from the city collapsed on houses in the vicinity on 14 April 2017. The death toll from the Meethotamulla tragedy has reached 31 and several more are still missing. A team of Japanese experts in Sri Lanka to investigate into the cause of the collapse and aid Sri Lanka’s waste disposal process stated on 21 April 2017 that Methane levels at the Meethotamulla garbage dump is measured at 16% and the conditions are extremely flammable.

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#1899371

15 April 2017

Heavy machinery are used by Sri Lanka Army personnel during rescue operations at the collapsed garbage mountain in Meethotamulla, Colombo, Sri Lanka 15 April 2017. Following a fire that broke out on Friday 14 2017 at the garbage dump that had grown into a huge man-made mountain measuring 300 feet (91.5 metres) in height, resulting in a large section collapsing on to the houses of low and middle income earners' dwellings in the vicinity. According to local officials, 40 houses have been buried with 10 deaths reported and another seven undergoing treatment at the National Hospital in Colombo. Authorities are working on cause of the fire, while search efforts for those possibly still trapped or buried under the debris continue

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#1899372

15 April 2017

A Sri Lankan woman(C) mourns her dead relative following a garbage mountain collapsed in Meethotamulla, Colombo, Sri Lanka 15 April 2017. A large section of garbage dump collapsed on to the houses of low and middle income earners' dwellings in the vicinity following a fire that broke out in Meethotamulla,Colombo, Sri Lanka on Friday 14 April 2017. The garbage dump that had grown into a huge man-made mountain measuring 300 feet (91.5 metres) in height. 40 houses have been buried with 10 deaths reported and another seven undergoing treatment at the National Hospital in Colombo, according to local officials. Authorities are working on cause of the fire, while search efforts for those possibly still trapped or buried under the debris continue.

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#1899373

15 April 2017

A Sri Lankan woman(R) mourns her dead relative following a garbage mountain collapsed in Colombo, Sri Lanka 15 April 2017. A large section of garbage dump collapsed on to the houses of low and middle income earners' dwellings in the vicinity following a fire that broke out in Meethotamulla,Colombo, Sri Lanka on Friday 14 April 2017. The garbage dump that had grown into a huge man-made mountain measuring 300 feet (91.5 metres) in height. 40 houses have been buried with 10 deaths reported and another seven undergoing treatment at the National Hospital in Colombo, according to local officials. Authorities are working on cause of the fire, while search efforts for those possibly still trapped or buried under the debris continue.

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#1899374

15 April 2017

A Sri Lankan man carries a statue of Lord Buddha which once were in his destroyed home now buried under the collapsed garbage mountain in Colombo, Sri Lanka 15 April 2017. A large section of garbage dump collapsed on to the houses of low and middle income earners' dwellings in the vicinity following a fire that broke out in Meethotamulla,Colombo, Sri Lanka on Friday 14 April 2017. The garbage dump that had grown into a huge man-made mountain measuring 300 feet (91.5 metres) in height. 40 houses have been buried with 10 deaths reported and another seven undergoing treatment at the National Hospital in Colombo, according to local officials. Authorities are working on cause of the fire, while search efforts for those possibly still trapped or buried under the debris continue.

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