A fire was raging for several hours on Sunday on the four-acre open landfill site, which belongs to Gudiyatham municipality, at Erthangal village near Gudiyatham town in Vellore.

The police said that a few residents spotted a fire in a portion of the dump yard on Friday evening. Immediately, they alerted Gudiyatham Town police, municipal officials, and fire fighters. The team was able to douse the fire at the site.