WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (Morris County) — Firefighters responded to a house fire early Sunday morning after a chimney fire spread into the interior of a home in Washington Township, according to Schooley’s Mountain Fire Company No. 3.
Washington Township fire companies were dispatched shortly after midnight Nov. 15 to a reported structure fire on Drakestown Road, off Route 46.
According to fire officials, the Schooley’s Mountain fire chief arrived to find a chimney fire that had extended into the residence.
Firefighters opened portions of the walls to access the flames and quickly extinguished the small fire before it could spread further.
Mutual aid assistance was provided by Chester Volunteer Fire Company No. 1, Tri-County Fire Company and the Hackettstown Fire Department, which assisted with on-scene operations and station coverage.
