WESTHAMPTON — Firefighters from three area communities extinguished a brush fire off of Tob Hill Road Thursday afternoon.
The fire, which was first reported from atop the Pelham Fire Tower around 3 p.m., was caused by the rekindling of ashes still smoldering from a permitted burn on Sunday, according to Westhampton Fire Chief Chris Norris.
“Staffers in Pelham noticed smoke coming off of the mountain from the top of the fire tower and after realizing there weren’t any active burn permits for the day we did some recon and were able to locate the fire from the smoke,” Norris said.
Firefighters from Westhampton, Chesterfield and Williamsburg, assisted by members of the District 10 Department of Conservation and Recreation, were able to extinguish the fire in about an hour, Norris said.
“We had one tanker truck, two pump trucks and three brush trucks out there as well as two additional state vehicles,” Norris said, “we got it under control pretty quickly.”
The fire burned approximately six acres of open land on the mountain and Norris said it will not result in any criminal charges.
— OWEN BOSS
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