State EPA takes infrared photos of dump

By ZACH LINT
The Times-Reporter

EAST SPARTA - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency officials borrowed a Highway Patrol helicopter Wednesday to photograph the Countywide Recycling & Disposal facility with an infrared camera.

The photographs could provide evidence of intense heat emanating from a problem waste cell.

A week ago, the OEPA worked out a deal with the California EPA to borrow Todd Thalhamer, an underground fire expert, to examine and determine whether the landfill is on fire....Read more.