It was not clear what caused Saturday night’s collapse at the Koshe Garbage Landfill, which buried makeshift houses and concrete buildings. Now I don’t know the fate of all of them.”The resumption of garbage dumping at the site in recent months probably caused the landslide, Assefa said. City officials say close to 300,000 tons of waste are collected each year, most of it dumped at the landfill. Since 2010, city officials have warned that the landfill was running out of room and was being closed in by nearby housing and schools. City officials in recent years have been trying to turn the garbage into a source of clean energy with a $120 million investment.

Source: Washington Post March 12, 2017 21:22 UTC