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The city-owned company says the time for appealing to conscience is over and urges anyone witnessing illegal waste dumping to send them photos with clearly visible license plates.

Workers barely managed to reach the dumpsters in the courtyard behind the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which irresponsible citizens had turned into a landfill. The technical director denied claims that garbage had not been collected for seven days.

Construction waste, plastic, and white goods have been piling up in Novaljsko Polje for the second consecutive year, with authorities failing to respond despite the risk of fire and debris being scattered by the bura wind.

Dozens of firefighters and two water-dropping aircraft battled the blaze that broke out Friday afternoon, which engulfed large quantities of waste.