EPA investigating whether Countywide's on fire

The Canton Repository

PIKE TWP - The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is investigating what may be an underground fire at Countywide landfill.

There’s no question that heat is being generated underground. It’s just a matter of what’s causing it, said Mike Settles, spokesman for the Ohio EPA.

EPA officials previously suspected it was caused by a chemical reaction involving aluminum waste buried in the landfill, which is formally known as Countywie Recycling & Disposal Facility. However, Larry R. Davis, a pilot from Kent, said he believes his thermal infrared images detect a fire....Read more.