A brush fire is reported at 9103 Wilkinson Road in East Pembroke. The East Pembroke Fire Department is responding.
UPDATE 2:54 p.m.: A brush truck from the Town of Batavia is requested for mutual aid but a firefighter familiar with the terrain says the blaze is in a swampy area and the truck won't be able to get through. They are working to find a solution. "You gotta lot of smoke showin'" ..."I don't know how we're going to get to it. It's going toward a house."
UPDATE 2:57 p.m.: They've "got to upgrade" to an engine from the Town of Batavia.
UPDATE 2:59 p.m.: Some responders have to wait for a train to pass before they can tackle the fire.
UPDATE 3:01 p.m.: A Sheriff's deputy is requested to the scene. The fire is believed to have started when someone lit some brush too close to a hedgerow and "it took off." This is "an illegal burn."
UPDATE 3:08 p.m.: Fire police from Corfu are called to shut down the roadway.
