Multiple departments respond to brush fire on U.S. Route 422

Staff photo / R. Michael Semple Fire was still coming from what appeared to be a natural gas well about 2 p.m. Monday behind a home on U.S. Route 422 between Anderson Anthony and Templeton roads in Champion. A dispatcher with the Trumbull County 911 center said the incident involved a brush fire, as well as a gas well, but it was not apparent yet whether the gas well caught fire, the dispatcher said. The home is close to the border between Warren and Champion townships, and fire crews from several departments responded to the scene. A brush fire near a gas well at 5572 Parkmam Rd. (St Rt 422) brought multiple fire depts. Monday afternoon to the scene...(Champion, Warren Twp., Southington, Lordstown, Mesopotamia Fire Depts. were on site)...by R. Michael Semple