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Woods Fire
By Fire Chief Vernon Wachter
January 19, 2026
19:37 hours. Station 6 and 8 alerted for the woods/ mountain fire. Upon arrival, units encountered a quick moving fire along the Appalachian Trail. Command requested additional units. Crews contained the blaze, with "mop up" taking about an hour. 22:30 hours.
Units:
Chief 6, Brush 6, Eng 6-1, Tanker 6 ,Wildland 8, ET8. Eng 8-1, Brush 8
Mutual Aid:
Frederick County: Wildland 7, Eng 72, Brush 75, Brush 85. Washington County: Wildland 4, Brush 1, Brush 12, Brush 10, ET1, Safety 101, !800, Amb 691, Rehab 255, UTV 11
I am a property owner adjacent to the fire. Do we know how it started? Maybe unrelated but there were two individuals who trespassed through our property that day headed that way and they took off when I asked what they were doing.
First Hose Company of Boonsboro
January 21, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Its under investigation at this time , We will pass this info to NPS and DNR. Thanks
