For the 55 days until the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency took over, there was a near-constant state of confusion over who was or who should have been in charge of fighting the fire, and who would pay to put it out.
State and local authorities faced uncertainty and confusion over who was in charge of putting out an underground landfill fire that burned for three months.
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East St. Louis residents and flood victims filled almost every seat at Wednesday's town hall. They didn't hold back from demanding answers on how to get help.