All nine of Warren County’s volunteer fire departments converged on a grass and brush fire Sunday afternoon at a Warren County landfill.

When firefighters arrived at Curtis Peay Landfill on Price Chapel Road, they concentrated on fire close to methane gas pipes, said Barren River Volunteer Fire Department Chief Jeff Brown. The call came in the around 3 p.m. and firefighters remained at the location for several hours.

&#8220If enough methane gas came out of the pipes and the fire was in the area, it could have caused explosions,” he said.

Firefighters worked from the top of the hill around the pipes to down into the wooded area surrounding the landfill, Brown said.

The wind changed direction a couple of times, making the fire tougher to control and causing it to spread faster, he said.

&#8220We don’t have any reason to believe this was a controlled burn,” Brown said.

It’s unknown what caused the fire and where on the property, which is owned by the city of Bowling Green, it may have started, he said.

&#8220A neighbor saw it from an adjoining property,” Brown said.

Dry weather was a contributing factor to the fire’s spread, he said.

Although this wasn’t a controlled burn, it demonstrates why during dry conditions, people should wait until after 6 p.m. to burn because they can get out of the control, Brown said.

A positive factor is there aren’t a lot of leaves on the trees, which kept the fire low, he said.

This was not the first time all the county’s volunteer departments have had to respond to a fire at the site, said Tim Meyer of the Alvaton Volunteer Fire Department. Several years ago there was another fire in the area.

Water trucks couldn’t access much of the area. Firefighters had to strap water packs onto their backs to walk into the woods, he said.