Princeton firefighters were busy responding to several grass-related fires and motor vehicle accidents in September.
Princeton Fire Chief Brent Francis recently presented the September Activity Report to the city council that shows firefighters responded to eight grass, fields, and woods-related fires. Those fires involved a grass fire in the median at the 79-mile marker on Interstate 69; a grass fire on Maple Avenue where the owner was burning a brush pile that caught a tree on fire; a 12-acre corn field burned in which a grain cart contacted a power line on Nichols Road; a cornfield on fire off Old Mexico Road; and a woods fire on H. Haile Road where the owner set multiple brush piles on fire next to the woods in dry and windy conditions.
Firefighters also responded to an equipment fire in which a combine and field were on fire on Hudgins Road near Highway 62 East; an illegal burn involving a dilapidated mobile home on fire with trees and grass fires on North Plum Street; and an illegal fire on North Franklin Street where a subject was burning a mattress and other illegal items.
The report shows firefighters responded to two structure fires in September, down five from August. The Princeton Fire Department responded to a structure fire on September 16th in the 300 block of Island Cove Lane and was heavily involved when firefighters arrived. The second structure was in the 100 block of Baldwin Avenue with one room involved when firefighters arrived that was contained to the room of the fire’s origin.
The fire department also responded to nine motor vehicle accidents in September, down two compared to the previous month. The report indicates two of these wrecks involved entrapment. One of those was on Marion Road where one person was extricated from a Hampton Meat Truck. The second was a roll-over wreck on Highway 62 East just past Jones Keeney Road with one person extricated.
The report also shows firefighters responded to six false alarms and four hazardous situations.
