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Toxic waste kept for safe disposal in Bharuch catches fire

 
Burning hazardous waste at the BEIL - Drum flying out of the fire  
 
Burning hazardous waste at the BEIL - Part 1  
 
Burning hazardous waste at the BEIL - Part 2  
 
Burning hazardous waste at the BEIL - Part 6  
 
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a fire at a facility especially set up to safely store and dispose of hazardous waste at Ankleshwar in Bharuch district of Gujarat has revealed how callously dangerous waste is managed in the country. In what could have been an industrial disaster worse than the Bhopal gas tragedy, 250 tonnes of hazardous chemicals and oil kept in barrels at Bharuch Enviro Infrastructure Limited (beil)