Groton, MA Fires 8/31
Groton continues to burn! Have to wonder if they have an ATV riding fire bug or something…
(Collected from internet, thanks Beaker.)
By Robert Mills, rmills@lowellsun.com
Updated: 08/30/2010 08:11:41 PM EDTGROTON — Firefighters from 18 communities converged on Groton and Dunstable Monday evening to battle a brush fire that burned an estimated 10 to 15 acres between Chicopee Row and Martins Pond Road.
Dunstable Fire Chief Charlie Rich, coordinating efforts to battle the blaze from a command point set up on Chicopee Road, said firefighters learned of the blaze at about 3:30 p.m., but initially had a hard time locating it.
Rich said the fire was about a half-mile from the nearest street.
Firefighters accessed it from Chicopee Row and from Floyd Hill Road, a dead-end off Martins Pond Road.
As darkness fell, crews were working to create a perimeter around the fire. Rich said firefighters would be back to continue fighting it first thing in the morning.
A mobile command center and special operations vehicle from the Massachusetts Department of Fire Services joined crews at the scene.
there is no fire bug..its dry….plain and simple