A garbage truck fire in Bethel was quickly doused by firefighters.  Stony Hill Volunteer Fire Company responded to Meckauer Park shortly after 8am and were told that the trash inside the truck was burning and that they driver had dumped the contents in the parking lot. The Bethel Public Works department brought in a backhoe to help open up the pile so firefighters could fully extinguish it. The refuse company brought in equipment and personnel to then clean up the trash.