CINCINNATUS – A Cortland County landowner is facing charges from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation after multiple fire departments including four from Chenango County fought for several hours to extinguish a pile of truck tires that had caught on fire.

According to New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Public Information Officer Kevin O. Frazier, at 12:45 p.m. on Tuesday DEC Environmental Conservation Officers responded to reports of a tire fire at 5935 Staley Road in the Town of Cincinnatus in Cortland County.