WALPACK TOWNSHIP, N.J. (Sussex County) — Firefighters responded to a large brush fire Wednesday afternoon near Old Mine Road and Rosenkrans Lane in Walpack Township after flames spread from a cornfield into a wooded area.
Emergency crews were dispatched at approximately 1:38 p.m. to a reported brush fire in the Sussex County township. Firefighters responded within minutes as Sussex County 911 provided updates on the fire’s size and growth based on information from the caller, according to the Sandyston Township Fire Department.
Due to the location and distance of the fire, additional mutual aid resources were requested to assist responding crews.
Upon arrival, firefighters discovered a large fire burning in a cornfield that had already spread into the surrounding woods.
Crews from the Sandyston Township Fire Department worked alongside members of the New Jersey Forest Fire Service and National Park Service fire crews to contain and extinguish the blaze.
