A brush fire on Route 202 near West Street was extinguished by the New Salem Fire Department and mutual aid, after residents used hoses and buckets to slow the blaze and a motorist reported seeing molten brake rotor pieces fall from a truck.
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A brush fire on Route 202 near West Street was extinguished by the New Salem Fire Department and mutual aid, after residents used hoses and buckets to slow the blaze and a motorist reported seeing molten brake rotor pieces fall from a truck.