Expert: 2 fires at landfill

By ZACH LINT
The Times-Reporter

EAST SPARTA - Two fires are burning beneath Countywide Recycling & Disposal Facility according to Todd Thalhamer, the landfill-fire expert called in by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.

“Countywide is experiencing a classic metal fire and a smoldering fire,” Thalhamer stated in an e-mail of his findings sent to Ohio EPA Director Chris Korleski Friday.

Thalhamer’s e-mail was made public shortly after it was received by Korleski as the result of a public records request made by Copley Ohio Newspapers....Read more.