An arsonist who poisoned neighbors with acrid smoke was fined in Zaporizhzhia

An arsonist who poisoned neighbors with acrid smoke was fined in Zaporizhzhia
Katerina Belousova

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In Zaporizhzhia, city maintenance inspectors found a violator who was burning various garbage in the Zavodskyi district and drew up an administrative report against him.

Residents of neighboring houses suffered from acrid, poisonous smoke, the Inspectorate for Improvement of Zaporizhzhia City Council reported on Facebook.

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The photos published in the post show that the man was burning plastic nets, probably from under onions, packaging and canisters, rags and other waste.

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It is noted that a report on an administrative offense under Article 152 of the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses was drawn up.

"Checks are ongoing," the message emphasized.

Earlier, the inspectors also discovered an illegal dump of construction waste in one of the city's yards from garbage after renovation. Administrative materials were filed against the responsible persons who allowed the yard to be littered.

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As you know, the Inspection provides control over the state of city improvement.

Earlier, EcoPoliotic wrote, that in November, furnaces for burning rubber were discovered in the Factory District of Zaporizhzhia, the smoke from which was polluting the air. The territory of the enterprise is heavily littered with waste rubber, tires and covered with a layer of soot.

As EcoPolitic previously reported, in August in the industrial zone of the Shevchenkiv district of Zaporizhzhia, it was discovered that an entrepreneur had installed an artisanal furnace in which he melts batteries. Black smoke with a very unpleasant smell is produced from this activity.

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