Mahwah Fire Department Knocks Down 1,000-Square Foot Blaze

The Mahwah Fire Department and crews from several surrounding towns spent over five hours Friday night fighting a truck fire that spread to a wooded area between Stag Hill and the boy scout camp off Route 202, fire officials said over the weekend.

According to Fire Chief Ed Garza, a truck that had likely gone off-roading and was left in the “middle of the two mountains,” started burning Friday night sometime before 5 p.m. Neighbors in the area and workers currently working on the Tennessee Gas Pipeline expansion project in the area reported smoke, but because of the location of the fire, it took firefighters about half an hour to find, and get to, the fire, he said.

“It was pretty bad, difficult to get to,” Garza said. Firefighters and emergency responders from the state, Mahwah, Ramsey, Sloatsburg, Hillburn and other surrounding towns rode ATVs and mini-pumpers to get to the blaze, he said.

“By the time we got there, the truck was already [completely] burned,” Garza said. The fire spread to an about 1,000 square foot area in the woods surrounding where the truck had been, Garza said.

Crews were on scene until after 11 p.m. Friday containing the blaze, officials said.

Authorities said they did not know any details about the truck’s driver, or why or when the car was left in the woods.

The fire did not spread to any structures in the area, and was not near enough to the Tennessee Gas Pipeline project to impact construction, authorities said.

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