Today the weather service issued warnings about brush fires. It’s dry, windy, and and generally ideal circumstances for a brush fire. And that’s what happened.
Nearby, a brush fire at 493 Melchin Road has grown into a 4 alarm affair, with 50 acres going, according to the mutual aid folks and observers at a fire tower in Massachusetts. Brush trucks and tankers from all over the region have been called in.
The size of the fire has grown considerably. 50 acres at 3:30 p.m; 10-15 acres going closer to 2:30.
Still going
People and equipment still arriving on the scene. 5:35 p.m.
There’s a haze in the air over town.
7 pm.
Contained and surrounded, but work remains…
Live on the Commonsnews
Live on the Commonsnews website and updated several times:
http://www.commonsnews.org/site/site05/story.php?articleno=12166&page=1
Rain now, please
Thanks to all the firefighters! What a job!