Lower Saucon Township Police announced Wednesday that two residents have been cited under the township’s nuisance ordinance for allegedly starting brush fires April 16.
The first fire broke out at 9:30 a.m. in the 2300 block of Wassergass Road, police said, and resulted in a citation for burning for Tammy Hutterer, 52.
“Upon arriving about an acre of land was burning and it was spreading quickly because of the wind,” a news release from police said.
According to the release, Hutterer “stated she started the fire to burn the sticker bushes and kill the ticks in the area.”
Police said the second fire was started by Frank Zajacek, 77, in the 2200 block of Polk Valley Road shortly after 1:30 p.m. Thursday.
Zajacek told officers he was burning in a barrel when he went inside his home for a few minutes and returned to find the surrounding woods on fire, the news release indicated.
Zajacek was cited for burning under the nuisance ordinance, police said.
In both cases, numerous fire companies responded to extinguish the fires before they reached a neighboring home, police noted.
Police also announced this week that in a separate incident, a resident of the 1700 block of Erin Lane was cited for allegedly causing a brush fire that scorched more than four acres of land on Springtown Hill on Saturday.
Further reading about recent brush fires in Lower Saucon Township:
- Man Started Brush Fire in 3600 Block of Lower Saucon Road, Police Say
- Coroner Called to Scene of Brush, Garage Fire
- Teen Boys Playing With Lint Caused Coal Yard Road Brush Fire, Police Say
- 4-Acre Brush Fire Reported Near Lower Saucon Road, Apple Street
