Firefighters responded to a brush fire yesterday morning at 11:30 on the property of Dave Woomer in Snyder Township.
\nAccording to Bald Eagle Fire Chief Scott Illig, the fire started after Woomer lost control of a controlled burning of skids and other odds and ends. Illig said the wind was a contributing factor.
\n\u201cWe had firefighters from Bald Eagle, the Citizens and a couple guys from the Hookies come in their own vehicles,\u201d said Illig. \u201cThe helicopter from the Department of Forestry was called but wasn\u2019t needed. \u201cWe had the fire under control in about a half hour.\u201d
\nWith the fire taking place midday, quick response helped contain the fire into two acres.
\n\u201cWe had 10 guys fighting the fire,\u201d said Illig. \u201cAbout one-third of the fire was a grassy field and two-thirds was in the woods. Once a brush fire hits the woods, it makes it very tough to fight right now. You have the leaves that catch and help the fire spread. The leaves can get a fire going pretty fast.\u201d
\nIllig credited Mother Nature and her helpful hand.
\n\u201cWe had some help from the wind,\u201d said Illig. \u201cThe wind was swirling and not getting big gusts in one direction. When you get a gust that sends the fire strong in one direction, it makes it tougher to fight. We were able to surround it yesterday and get it out.\u201d
\nWith spring time finally arriving, many people are starting to burn leaves from their yards, but Illig cautions that practice.
\n\u201cThe conditions are severe for brush fires,\u201d said Illig. \u201cYou could be burning in a barrel and one spark can float 100 yards away and catch something on fire. People need to burn cautiously this year. There are fines being issued for people who accidentally start brush fires.\u201d
\nThe Bald Eagle Fire Department responds to a few local brush fires per year.
\n\u201cWe respond to about a half-a-dozen brush fires a year,\u201d said Illig. \u201cWe had great help from the Citizens with their brush truck and we also got help from the AMED responders who helped rake things up. Bellwood and Tipton were on stand-by in case we needed more help. We have been called to help other companies deal with brush fires in their areas. If we are called, we are there to serve. Almost every volunteer fire company you see is like that. They are willing to do what they can to serve the public interest.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Firefighters responded to a brush fire yesterday morning at 11:30 on the property of Dave Woomer in Snyder Township. According to Bald Eagle Fire Chief Scott Illig, the fire started after Woomer lost control of a controlled burning of skids and other odds and ends. Illig said the wind was a contributing factor. \u201cWe had […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-in-the-tyrone-pennsylvania-area"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46912\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}