Friday, January 4, 2008

Smoldering landfill fire keeps Tennessee community on edge

December 30, 2007 - Early Friday morning, firefighters evacuated a West Knox County neighborhood after uncovering dangerous levels of carbon monoxide.

It all happened less than a half mile from Ray Duncan's house.

"There's a fairly large landfill that's developed up there where a fire has gotten underneath it," said Bruce Wuethrich, from Knox County Engineering & Public Works.

And no one seems to know how long it has been smoldering.

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