The residents of Bubuieci village in Chisinau Municipality complain about the unbearable smell coming from the Purcel Mine, currently used by the Municipality to dispose of the city's waste. People say that the landfill is set on fire almost every night, and the smoke makes it hard to breathe, reports Info-Prim Neo. Bubuieci Mayor Ion Saranut stated at the capital's City Hall meeting on Monday that the landfill, which is just several meters away from the settlement, accumulates thousand of cubic meters of waste, and is set on fire at night. The residents threaten to protests if no measures are taken. People are afraid that there may be toxic substances, since construction waste is also dropped there. The residents believe that those who manage the landfill set it on fire intentionally in order to get rid of the waste, without taking the consequences into account. However, the Housing and Public Amenities Division says that the fires at the landfill are the result of spontaneous combustion. Division head Petru Gontea admits that, albeit prohibited, construction waste is still dropped around the Purcel Mine. Chisinau Mayor Dorin Chirtoaca asked the relevant divisions to establish a service that would be ready to intervene at any moment to extinguish the fire. Additionally, the Mayor requested the elaboration of a task-book, which would serve a final goal of recycling the construction materials deposited. In January 2011, the City Hall decided to deposit household waste at the Purcel Mine after the residents of Tintareni blocked access to the landfill near their village. The people were complaining about the unbearable smell and the fact that they we unable to drink from their wells, since it had been contaminated.