Stinking, burning rubbish fouls Spain's sherry city
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A fireman extinguishes a pile of uncollected rubbish set on fire by neighbors in a street of Jerez de la Frontera on Nov 21, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Rubbish bags are seen piled next to containers due to a strike by garbage collectors in Jerez de la Frontera, southern Spain on Nov 21, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Firefighters extinguish burning rubbish bags, which were set on fire by residents frustrated by piling rubbish due to a strike by garbage collectors in Jerez de la Frontera, southern Spain on Nov 21, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A firefighter extinguishes burning rubbish bags, which were set on fire by residents frustrated by piling rubbish due to a strike by garbage collectors in Jerez de la Frontera, southern Spain on Nov 21, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Uncollected rubbish is pictured in a street of Jerez de la Frontera on Nov 21, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
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People walk past burning garbage piled up in the middle of the street in Jerez de la Frontera, Cadiz province in Andalucia, southern Spain on Wednesday, Nov 21, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
A fireman extinguishes a pile of uncollected rubbish set on fire by neighbors in a street of Jerez de la Frontera on Nov 21, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
Rubbish bags are seen piled next to containers due to a strike by garbage collectors in Jerez de la Frontera, southern Spain on Nov 21, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Firefighters extinguish burning rubbish bags, which were set on fire by residents frustrated by piling rubbish due to a strike by garbage collectors in Jerez de la Frontera, southern Spain on Nov 21, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A firefighter extinguishes burning rubbish bags, which were set on fire by residents frustrated by piling rubbish due to a strike by garbage collectors in Jerez de la Frontera, southern Spain on Nov 21, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Uncollected rubbish is pictured in a street of Jerez de la Frontera on Nov 21, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
People walk past burning garbage piled up in the middle of the street in Jerez de la Frontera, Cadiz province in Andalucia, southern Spain on Wednesday, Nov 21, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA, Spain (AFP) - Stinking, smoking piles of garbage fouled the air Wednesday after locals burned bins in frustration at a strike by dustmen in the elegant Spanish city that gave the world sherry.
Impatience at the three-week strike over job cuts boiled over this week, prompting residents to set fire to some of the mountains of rotting waste that have piled up in the streets of the southern town of Jerez de la Frontera.
"It's disgusting to walk round here. It's horrifying," said Josefa Inestal, 55, a local resident in the district of Mopu, passing a pile of broken bin bags with their contents spilling out.
"I've seen rats this big," he added.
