Massive fire engulfs waste plant in Kerala’s Munnar; wild tusker Padayappa moved to safety

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​Fire and Rescue Services unit   dousing a large   occurrence  that broke retired  astatine  Munnar grama panchayat’s discarded  attraction    works  astatine  Kallar successful  Idukki territory  of Kerala connected  Wednesday evening.

​Fire and Rescue Services unit dousing a large occurrence that broke retired astatine Munnar grama panchayat’s discarded attraction works astatine Kallar successful Idukki territory of Kerala connected Wednesday evening. | Photo Credit: peculiar arrangement

A large occurrence broke retired astatine Munnar grama panchayat’s discarded attraction works astatine Kallar, adjacent Munnar, successful Idukki territory of Kerala astir 5 p.m. connected Wednesday. Tea plantation workers successful the vicinity archetypal noticed the blaze and alerted officials. The occurrence dispersed rapidly done the facility, consuming some segregated and non-segregated integrative waste.

According to sources, the chaotic tusker famously known arsenic ‘Padayappa’ was foraging for rootlike discarded adjacent the works erstwhile the occurrence broke out. “The Forest department’s Rapid Response Team (RRT) rushed to the country and utilized firecrackers to determination the carnal to a safer area. The elephant is presently successful adjacent Shola wood and is safe,” said Jayan J., caput of the department’s RRT for the Munnar division.

Published - April 16, 2026 12:24 p.m. IST

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