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Brush Fire Threatens Homes in Blairstown
March 19, 2018 | NEW JERSEY
BOB HALBERSTADT, Correspondent
Photo by Bob HalberstadtForest Fire Service being repositioned.
Photo by Bob Halberstadt
This article is a direct street report from our correspondent and has not been edited by the 1st Responder newsroom.
Blairstown Twp., NJ - At 4:00 P.M. on March 19th, a brush fire was reported to 9-1-1 by a homeowner who saw it behind her house on Walnut Valley Road, in the area of Beechwood Road. On scene, Blairstown police officers described a 200'x200' brush fire under the power line right of way. Blairstown EMS, Blairstown Hose Company and New Jersey Forest Fire Service 1604 responded to control the spread, with no damage to homes in the area. The Forest Fire Service was transported from one hotspot to another.