Fire companies from Tamaqua and West Penn Township are on scene of a large brush fire along Owl Creek Road in Tamaqua. The fire was reported just after 6 p.m. just west of the Carbon County border.

Due to the intense brush tankers were called into the scene.

Owl Creek Road is closed. Area firefighters are being assisted at the incident by crews of the Bureau of Forestry. COPYRIGHT LARRY NEFF/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS