Gurugram, June 26 -- A major fire broke out at the Bandhwari landfill along the Gurugram-Faridabad road on Thursday morning, with residents claiming that thick black smoke engulfed the area till afternoon. The blaze is the second major fire to be reported from the landfill this year, raising fresh environmental and public health concerns.

Fire department officials said that they controlled the blaze by 1 pm. Two fire tenders were deployed and firefighters used 40 water tankers to control the blaze.

Residents of nearby villages said the fire started around 6am and quickly spread across large sections of the garbage dump.

"We have a fire tender permanently stationed at the Bandhwari landfill, and four additional tenders were deployed to ...