Winds, dry air push CT brush fire risk to very high in parts of state Monday

All of Connecticut is at an increased risk for brush fires on Monday, according to the National Weather Service.

Tolland, Windham and New London counties are at very high risk of fires, the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection said in its daily Forest Fire Danger Report. All other counties are at high risk of fires.

The high fire-risk designation comes with some restrictions. When the risk of fires is high, very high or extreme, permits residents obtain from local authorities to burn brush are no longer valid if the burning is within 100 feet of grassland or woodland…

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