Manila, April 30 -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources - Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) cited the non-implementation of the daily soil covering requirement and the incomplete gas vent pipes as key factors that may have contributed to the fire at the Navotas Sanitary Landfill.

In a media briefing Thursday, DENR-EMB National Capital Region Director Janice Pammit said "many contributing factors" may have caused the Navotas sanitary landfill fire, worsened by methane buildup and extreme heat.

She said the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) will determine the official cause of the fire.

Pammit also underscored lapses in basic landfill management, as noted in the Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC), particula...