Washington Township (Mercer)--A passerby stopped at the Washington Township Fire Department and alerted firefighters of a brush fire about 1/4 mile north of the firehouse on the south bound side of the roadway at 2:18 p.m. on Tuesday April 26, 2005. Firefighters arrived quickly and extinguished the fire before it could spread to the adjacent wooded area. Firefighters cleared the scene at 2:25 p.m.