Hagersville

But the provincial government said change their policies and the guys that pick up the tires only have to pick up 60 or 70% instead of 100%.

The massive Hagersville tire fire in 1990 was a wake-up call regarding the danger of tire stockpiles.

For 17 days, more than 200 firefighters battled the blaze of 14 million scrap tires, the size of 18 football fields.

Toxic smoke forced local evacuations, and the fire exposed severe environmental and safety hazards of massive above-ground tire piles.

Where exactly are you?

It's near a town called the Hagersville, Ontario.

If anybody, even people in the vicinity have never heard of it, but if you have, it's probably because it had a tire fire 30 years ago.

Okay, but here's the thing.

It's about an hour and a half west of

the city.

Okay, David, if I were going to do a sitcom, kind of like Green Acres, a guy who moved out from the city to the country, I'd call it Hagersville.

It is, I hope no Hagersvillians are listening to me, but it is, you know, the ultimate hick town.