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8 areas in Metro Manila breathing 'unhealthy air' caused by landfill fire, says environment agency

Summary by The Manila Times
(UPDATE) MANILA, Philippines — Eight areas in Metro Manila are currently breathing unhealthy air from the ongoing blaze at the Navotas Sanitary Landfill Facility (NSLF), according to a Facebook post by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental Management Bureau in the National Capital Region (DENR-EMB-NCR) on Saturday.Classified as "very unhealthy" are Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, Quezon City (Manila Observatory Compound a…

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UNHEALTHY and VERY UNHEALTHY air quality was recorded from yesterday, April 17 to this Saturday, April 18 in several parts of Quezon City. According to data released by the Quezon City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, these include Tomas Morato Avenue, Commonwealth and Batasan Hills Barangay Hall, Tandang Sora, Balintawak, and many others. Because of this, the city government has urged city residents to wear face masks, especially…

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The Manila Times broke the news in Manila, Philippines (the) on Saturday, April 18, 2026.
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