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Firefighters battle brush fire in Somerset
A heavy brush fire broke out in Somerset yesterday. Swansea and Dighton firefighters, along with Special Signal Fire ...
Cooler temps, rain mean some Mass. cities, towns lift open burning bans
Several Massachusetts municipalities are lifting their bans on outside fires as cooler temperatures, higher relative humidity and precipitation are moving in across the state. East Brookfield, Harwich ...
Officials are offering a reward for info on South Shore arsonist
Local and state officials are offering a $5,000 reward for information on who set a commercial building under construction in Kingston on fire last weekend. The fire broke out at 126 Wapping Road ...
Over 20 wildfires still raging throughout Massachusetts
Twenty wildfires are still running rampant through Massachusetts despite the state recently receiving over an inch of rain, ...
$5,000 reward offered for information on fire that destroyed Kingston building
The building, which was under construction for commercial use, sustained catastrophic damage and began to collapse shortly after firefighters arrived,” officials said.
Here’s what Mass. officials are saying about whether rain has helped douse wildfires
Some much-needed rain quenched drought-stricken Massachusetts late this week. While it helped to alleviate some Red Flag conditions, it didn’t fully extinguish the ongoing wildfire risk. Between half ...
5 Mass. towns declare state of emergency over ongoing brush fires
Five Massachusetts towns have declared a state of emergency due to the continued fire activity across the state. Town ...
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Rain eases fire risk but drought persists in Greenfield
Even though the rain helped us out with the brush fire danger for now the drought conditions continue. Over an inch of rain ...
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Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation says rainfall lowers brush fire ignition chance
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WLNE) — The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation said that the almost two inches of ...
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Fires in Massachusetts cause 5 towns to declare a state of emergency. Here's where
Five towns have declared a state of emergency. They include Boxford, Middleton, North Reading, North Andover, and Danvers.
Mass. brush fires: Here’s a map of where the most significant blazes are burning
Here is an interactive map of the 22 most significant blazes in the state as of Nov. 22, with information on acreage burned ...
Did rain put out the wildfires in Massachusetts? Here's what fire officials are saying.
In the Boxford State Forest on Thursday, crews were out in the wet weather digging out hotspots on the trails. The fire has burned more than 500 acres, and a video posted by the Boxford Fire ...