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Barney Davis

Toxic Launders Lane fires making residents ‘prisoners in their own homes’

Locals living next to a toxic landfill fire that has burned “on and off for 20 years” in east London are “prisoners in their own home”, a councillor has said.

Sue Ospreay says the quality of the air is so bad that people living around the site in Launders Lane, Rainham, can no longer open their windows or go into their gardens.

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