Building and Field Fire on Englishtown Road

On January 3, 2023, around 1230, the Penderlea VolunteerFire Department, Shiloh Columba VolunteerFire Department, Burgaw Fire Department, Wallace VolunteerFire Department (Duplin County), and Union Rescue and EMS responded to the intersection of Englishtown Road at Crooked Run Road fora commercial structure fire in an old chicken house used forstorage. Command arrived to find a large commercial structure fully involved and a large fast moving field fire, and requested Teachey (Duplin County) and Harrells (Sampson County) forbrush trucks and tankers. Units quickly controlled the field fire and began extinguishment of the structure fire. Afterabout an hourthe fire was brought undercontrol. Afteranotherhourof extinguishing hotspots and salvage and overhaul all units except forPenderlea units cleared. The PenderCounty Fire Marshal investigated.

- Fire News photo by David Miller