It started early Tuesday, crews are trying to contain it
Just over the New York border, another wildfire is raging in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. What's been dubbed the 'Butternut Fire', stared around midnight Tuesday. NewsChannel 13 reports fire crews have been forced to respond on foot due to the location of the fire on East Mountain.
A Massachusetts State Police helicopter landing at the Great Barrington Fairgrounds, where the Butternut wildfire field response HQ is located. @WAMCNews pic.twitter.com/0xGawjNxCt
— Josh Landes (@JoshLandesWAMC) November 19, 2024
The Berkshire Eagle says almost 100 acres have burned. Smoke from the fire is moving southeast into Connecticut and is not expected to affect Capital Region air quality.
Lee, Mass Fire Chief Ryan Brown says a number of different departments as well as state agencies are providing resources to fight the blaze.
Great Barrington fire smoke smell hits parts of Connecticut on Tuesday https://t.co/EVp9SUw45n
— Stamford Advocate (@StamAdvocate) November 19, 2024
Godspeed to the local and out of state firefighter crews. Wind, please cooperate. ☹️
— Rima Isam Anabtawi 🪷 (@rimaanabtawi) November 19, 2024
“will likely burn until the first snow” #ButternutFire #GreatBarrington
Photo taken from Eisner Camp 📸 Melody Salamone https://t.co/uzTr8w7r48 pic.twitter.com/1DdCa3Yc9W
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