Fast-moving marsh fire in Nansemond River under control
Published 6:45 pm Monday, March 28, 2022
Fire crews from Suffolk and Chesapeake needed just over an hour to put out a fire in a large area of marsh and woods along the waterline of the Nansemond River around the 6100 block of Knotts Neck Road Monday afternoon.
Fire crews from Suffolk and Chesapeake needed just over an hour to put out a fire in a large area of marsh and woods along the waterline of the Nansemond River around the 6100 block of Knotts Neck Road Monday afternoon.
Fire crews from Suffolk and Chesapeake needed just over an hour to put out a fire in a large area of marsh and woods along the waterline of the Nansemond River around the 6100 block of Knotts Neck Road Monday afternoon.
Fire crews from Suffolk and Chesapeake needed just over an hour to put out a fire in a large area of marsh and woods along the waterline of the Nansemond River around the 6100 block of Knotts Neck Road Monday afternoon.
Fire crews from Suffolk and Chesapeake needed just over an hour to put out a fire in a large area of marsh and woods along the waterline of the Nansemond River around the 6100 block of Knotts Neck Road Monday afternoon.
Fire crews from Suffolk and Chesapeake needed just over an hour to put out a fire in a large area of marsh and woods along the waterline of the Nansemond River around the 6100 block of Knotts Neck Road Monday afternoon.
Fire crews from Suffolk and Chesapeake needed just over an hour to put out a fire in a large area of marsh and woods along the waterline of the Nansemond River around the 6100 block of Knotts Neck Road Monday afternoon.
Suffolk and Chesapeake fire crews needed just over an hour to get a fire in a large area of marsh and woods along the waterline of the Nansemond River around the 6100 block of Knotts Neck Road Monday afternoon.
It was first reported as a structure fire at 4:56 p.m. and the first crews arrived eight minutes later, according to Fire Chief Mike Barakey, with Battalion 2 arriving to find heavy smoke in the area.
Due to the fire’s location in the grass and marsh of the river, Battalion 2 asked for Fire Boat 1 to attack the fire from the water.
Additional firefighters from Engines 10, 25 and 5, as well as others from responding fire units, initiated a fire attack from land to protect structures with hand-lines, Barakey said, as a large area of marsh and woods along the waterline was on fire.
Fire Boat 1 and other land-based fire units remain on the scene to put water on the marsh and work to put out the hotspots.
Barakey said the fire was placed under control at 6:10 p.m.
In addition to the other units, Chesapeake Engine 12, Ladder 5, Ladder 3, Chesapeake Ladder 10, Rescue 1, EMS 2, Safety 1, Medic 5, Medic 9, Tanker 9 and Tanker 1 responded to the fire.
