<strong>July 11 to July 17</strong>
Ash and a putrid stench filled the air of eastern Taipei as the 53.86m high “Neihu Garbage Mountain” caught fire on July 13, 1984.
Firefighters in gas masks battled the flames for days, but the blaze only grew as the trash underneath soaked up the water and produced more bog gas as fuel.
Meanwhile, trucks continued to haul in load after load of the city’s waste.
“Where else can we put it?” an official told a Chinese Television System (華視) reporter. “It’s so hot out. If