Fire suppression plan submitted for landfill

By Bob Downing
The Akron Beacon Journal

PIKE TWP - Additional capping over the next three to six years is the best way to extinguish fires at a major landfill in southern Stark County.

That's the proposal prepared for Republic Waste Services of Ohio for dealing with underground fires at its Countywide Recycling & Disposal Facility in Pike Township.

The 62-page fire-suppression plan was submitted late Friday to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and released today on the EPA's Web site....Read more.