Residents of Pianura, a Naples neighborhood...southern Italy

Italian firefighters work to extinguish a blaze as uncollected garbage burns in Pianura district on the outskirts of Naples, southern Italy, early Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008. Stinking mounds of garbage are accumulating in the streets of Naples in a lengthening refuse crisis that officials around the country blamed on organized crime and a disorganized bureaucracy.

A man handles a bag amid uncollected garbage in the Casoria district on the outskirts of Naples, southern Italy, Sunday Jan. 6, 2008. Collectors in Naples stopped picking up trash Dec. 21 because there is no more room for it at dumps, and with garbage accumulating across the city's streets residents have taken to burning the stinking mounds, raising alarm over toxic fumes. Residents of Pianura, a Naples neighborhood, celebrated Mass on the street Sunday as they kept up their protest against the reopening of a local dump meant to alleviate the city's two-week-old garbage crisis