Sudden combustion found at landfill

Smoke, fire may have come from batteriesSmoke was discovered coming from the county’s C&D pit on Friday. The pit is where wood and other construction materials that are brought into the landfill are buried. No fire was ever observed, but a crew of 11 people spent nearly 12 hours at the landfill separating and smothering the area that was smoking.Noxious Weed and Solid Waste director James…