In recession fire to the Intermunicipal Solid Waste Management Company (DEDISA) of Chania, in Recycling factorywhere it occurred at 5 am, for an as yet unknown reason.

However, as informed by APE-MPE, the firefighting forces will remain at the site, specifically six fire engines with 15 firefighters, in the event of a resurgence.

The fire broke out in the area and in the shed for sorting recyclable materials and it immediately took on an extent as a result of which they have been created serious damage in parts of DEDISA’s facilities.

Around 10 o’clock the fire was brought under control after great efforts of the firefighters.

There were no workers at the time of the fire.

The cost of the damages, as the deputy governor of Civil Protection Giorgos Tsapakos told APE-MBE, will exceed the 3 million euros, as the facilities have suffered great and extensive damage. However, as he said, “there is a plan b for the operation of the collection and the recycling process, with difficulty of course, but we will look at every possibility that exists to reduce the problem with waste.”

What immediately needs to be considered are the ways to restore the damages and the financing, said Mr. Tsapakos, “so that DEDISA can return to its previous state of operation, with the enormous environmental and social work it offers”.