About 4 1/2 acres burn in rural Brandonville brush fire

KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL - A Sheppton-Oneida firefighter douses hotspots at a fire on Green Mountain Road on March 22, 2023.

BRANDONVILLE – Sheppton-Oneida and DCNR firefighters tackled a brush fire in rural East Union Township Wednesday afternoon.

Firefighters were called to the 200 block of Green Mountain Road around 2:30pm for a reported fire.

Smoke could be seen from the Shenandoah mountain.

KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – A brush fire burns in East Union Township on March 22, 2023.

About 4.5 acres burned in the fire, Jake Novitsky, DCNR fire forester, said.

No homes were threatened in the fire, and Novitsky expressed thanks for the assistance of Sheppton-Oneida firefighters.

“They did a great job,” he said.

No injuries were reported.

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