Multiple agencies assist in battling early morning landfill blaze in North Colonie

NORTH COLONIE, NY (WRGB) — A volunteer fire department in North Colonie battled a landfill fire early Saturday morning.

Around 5:35 a.m., the Boght Community Fire District was dispatched to the town landfill on Arrowhead Lane; there crews found a large active section of the landfill burning. The fire was deep-seated underground, according to a social media post from the volunteer department.

The fire was contained in under four hours thanks to support from multiple agencies who assisted in the call from across Albany and Saratoga Counties…

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