Firefighters have responded to several brush fires statewide in the past few days and the forest fire danger has been downgraded to from very high yesterday to high on Tuesday.
Firefighters from the Warehouse Point Fire Department and the Broad Brook Fire Department responded to four brush fires in less than 24 hours, East Windsor police said on Facebook Tuesday. In one of them, a saw blew into a wooded area, sparking a blaze, police said, advising residents to be cautious because of the high fire danger level.
A brush fire also broke out in Burlington on Tuesday.
As temperatures climbed into the 80s on Monday, officials from the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection warned of very high fire danger. Brush fires have broken out near 188 Central Avanue in Wolcott, 1217 Weed Road in Torrington, 303 Shenipsit Lake Road in Tolland, and on East Rock Peak in New Haven.
Several acres also burned in a brush fire in Harwinton on Monday afternoon at a property belonging to the Bristol water company after logging equipment sparked a fire. Gusty winds spread the blaze quickly.
Crews also fought fires at the Inn at Mysic and a home in Newtown that collapsed on Monday.
Residents are reminded that open burning is prohibited, even with permits, when the forest fire danger is rated high, very high or extreme and you are burning within 100 feet of a grassland or woodland.
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There's not much green on trees yet this spring after a long winter, meaning dry leaves that can ignite very quickly.
Brush fire danger is listed as high after being very high on Monday. Part of what goes into determining that ranking is measuring things like humidity and wind speed.
The state can experience high fire danger between mid-March and May.
If you spot a forest fire, DEEP advises remaining calm and calling 911 to report a fire as soon as possible to the local fire department.
