SALEM – Firefighters continue to battle brush fires across Massachusetts as the state experiences its first severe drought in two years.
Brush fires breaking out across Massachusetts
Area firefighters responded to Monson on Friday for a large wildfire that threatened homes, battling for hours to contain the fire. While more fires broke out in Spencer- burning nearly 11 acres in the state forest area – and Northampton.
Massachusetts’s Department of Fire Services said that while the department doesn’t have firm numbers yet, fires in the western part of the state have been taking up a lot of resources. Fire departments in the area said resources were “extremely thin.”
Firefighters struggle to control fires
In the meantime, brush fires in the northeastern part of the state continued to burn. The Castle Rick fire in Saugus saw 9 acres burning and 0% containment. The Cain Hill fire in Salem and Lynn engulfed 140 acres and was 50% contained. The Traders Way fire in Salem still had 15 acres burning and was 50% contained.