EAST AMWELL TOWNSHIP, N.J. (Hunterdon County) — A fifth-alarm brush fire burned about six acres of field and woodland Saturday afternoon on Wertsville Road in East Amwell Township, according to the Amwell Valley Fire Company.
Firefighters were dispatched at approximately 1:21 p.m. March 14 for reports of a brush fire in a field.
Upon arrival, fire officials reported a rapidly spreading, wind-driven field fire and immediately requested a fifth-alarm brush assignment, bringing additional brush trucks and water tenders from neighboring departments…