Agencies Respond To Brush Fire
Photo Provided by Hundred Volunteer Fire Department Multiple local volunteer fire departments spent two to three hours Thursday, March 14 fighting a brush fire on Robinson Ridge.
Multiple fire departments throughout Wetzel County responded to a brush fire March 14, located on Robinson Ridge.
According to Wetzel County Office of Emergency Management Director Steve Yoho, the call concerning the fire came into dispatch at around 2 p.m. Crews from Hundred, Wileyville, Pine Grove, and New Martinsville volunteer fire departments responded to the blaze and fought the fire for approximately two to three hours until it was out.
According to Yoho, the fire affected “probably 10 to 15 acres, mostly hay field.”
Hundred VFD Fire Chief Keith Williams said a cause of the blaze has yet to be determined.
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A Tanker truck lost control and ran off the road along Rt. 2, near Bob Evans in New Martinsville around 8 am on Christmas Eve. Responding to the accident were first responders from New Martinsville Fire Department, Emergency Personnel, and local police agencies. The truck driver just missed a utility pole and damaged a large section of guard rail. It was reported there was some fuel spillage which was controlled at the scene. “The truck was a tanker hauling TDI but only had residue in the tank. The only leakage that I’m aware of was some diesel fuel from a Ruptured fuel filter. Fire Units did place booms across Williams run in case of more spillage. The tanker truck was the only one involved and the driver was not injured., “ said Steve Yoho, Director Wetzel County OEM/E-911 in a message sent to the Wetzel Chronicle. No injuries were reported and traffic was controlled in both directions by local officials and emergency personnel.
