Subsurface fire at Boulder landfill site addressed

A subsurface fire was burning last week at the Boulder landfill site.

Officials said the fire began after an intentional burn to do away with wood waste, but the fire got into an underground area where waste had been loosely piled in an old pit and covered with too little dirt cover.

Officials said the fire would probably be smothered with extra dirt, but that approach would have to be approved by state Department of Environmental Quality officials. It would also probably require contracting with someone to bring in heavier equipment than the county solid waste department owns, they said.