MULCH FIRE

WATCH: Multiple fire agencies on scene of rekindled mulch fire Monday morning

The incident occurred around 10 a.m. at a farm on Pickertown Road.

Photo by James Short.

The incident occurred around 10 a.m. at a farm on Pickertown Road.

  • Public Safety

Update: Warwick, Chalfont and Warminster fire companies have been called to the scene, as of 2 p.m. 

There are no road closures or reported injuries.


Original story below:

Multiple fire department tankers have returned to the scene of a rekindled mulch fire at Victory Gardens Farm on the 200 block of Pickertown Road in Warrington Township Monday morning, which has become more intense than last night.

Warrington Fire Co. engine and rescue units, Hartsville Fire Co. of Warminster, and tankers from Northampton Fire Co., Midway Fire Co., Plumsteadville Fire Co. and Warwick Fire Co. were called to the scene shortly after 10 a.m.

About 45 minutes later, Doylestown Fire Co., Newport Fire Co. and tankers from Community Fire Co. No. 1 and New Hope Fire Co. were called to the scene.

An ATV from Horsham Fire Co. in Montgomery County was also called to the scene shortly thereafter. 


At around 12:15 p.m., Montgomery County fire agencies were called in to assist: Tylersport Fire Co., Towamencin Vol. Fire Co., Harleysville Fire Co., Skippack Fire Co. and North Penn Goodwill Service.

Additionally,  Lingohocken Fire Co. and Trevose Fire Co. were called to assist at the scene.

Mulch fires can spontaneously reignite due to heat in some cases.


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Tony Di Domizio

Tony Di Domizio is the Managing Editor of NorthPennNow, PerkValleyNow, and CentralBucksNow, and a staff writer for WissNow. Email him at [email protected]. Tony graduated from Kutztown University, under the tutelage of Dr. Matthew Nesvisky and Dr. Heather Thomas, and went on to serve as a reporter and editor for various news organizations, including Lansdale Patch/AOL, The Reporter in Lansdale, Pa., and the weekly Chronicle news editions of The Morning Call in Allentown, Pa. A fourth-generation Lansdalian, he was born and raised in and around the Borough, including Little Italy, and attended North Penn High School, graduating in 1998. He once interviewed Jesse Spano in the back of a limousine outside North Penn High School.