Landfill fires in Finland

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 377-384

  Ettala, Matti ^a   Rahkonen, Päivi ^a   Rossi, Esko ^a   Mangs, Johan ^b   Keski Rahkonen, Olavi ^b  

^a Ettala and Rossi Avoin Yhtiö   (Finland)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Extinguishing; Finland; Fire; Landfill; Risk; Smouldering

Indexed keywords

ASH HANDLING; COMBUSTION; COMPACTION; FIRE PROTECTION; FIRES; IGNITION; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RISKS; SOILS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WOOD;

ASH DISPOSAL; EXTINGUISHING PRACTICES; FINLAND; LANDFILL FIRES; MUNICIPAL WASTE; PCB COMPOUNDS; WASTE IGNITION;

LAND FILL;

ARTICLE; FINLAND; FIRE; LANDFILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030217978     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/wmre.1996.0038     Document Type: Article

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