09/01/2026
Information Release
On Monday, August 31st at 09:25, Quakertown Fire Company (Fire and EMS), Hunterdon Medical Center Paramedics and Franklin Twp Police were dispatched to a burn patient on Upper Kingtown Road in Franklin Twp. QFC personnel arrived to find a patient who was lighting a permitted open burn when the incident occured cause significant burns over 25% of the body.
The patient was transported to Lehigh Valley HN-Cedar Crest.by QFC Ambulance with HMC Paramedics due to it's burn center capability. Brush 91 and Tender 91-1 responded to the scene to extinguish the fire that was still burning.
Once the fire was controlled and extinguished, all fire units were released and back in service by 11AM. The incident was investigated hy Franklin Township Bureau of Fire Safety and the New Jersey Forest Fire Service.