A 78-year-old Lower Saucon Township was cited for a violation of the township’s burning ordinance Monday, after police say he caused a small brush fire to ignite.
In a news release issued Wednesday, police said Stanley D. Sloyer of the 3600 block of Lower Saucon Road failed to ensure that his burn “was completely out and did not pose any hazards” when he allegedly left it unattended shortly after 6 p.m.
Police didn’t say how big the brush fire was, but reported that Southeastern Fire Department volunteers responded to extinguish it.
The brush fire Sloyer allegedly caused occurred just hours after a man was found dead in the area of another brush fire at his home about a mile away on Apple Street.
Northampton County Coroner Zachary Lysek ruled that Patrick E. McChesney Sr. of 2583 Apple Street died accidentally from natural disease and thermal injuries, the Express-Times reported Wednesday.
April is known as a time of heightened wildfire danger in Pennsylvania, after the snow has typically melted but before grasses and other groundcover have greened.
