brush fire

A brush fire has burned around an acre in East Granby, police said. The brush fire is in the area of Route 187 and Spoonville Road, and there is no threat to homes, according to state police. The fire danger today is high, according to the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Much of Connecticut is in a drought,…

A brush fire is burning more than 70 acres in a forrest in Windham and the fire is large enough that an elementary school was closed Thursday becuase of the smoke condition in the area.

Firefighters are battling a large brush fire in Windham that even forced an elementary school to close on Thursday because of the smoke condition in the area.

Crews extinguished a brush fire caused by a downed power line in Glastonbury Sunday afternoon. Firefighters responded to the fire on Naubuc Avenue by the East Hartford town line at approximately 2:03 p.m. Eversource disconnected the power and the fire was extinguished, crews said. It is unknown if there are any injuries. No additional information was immediately available.

Crews responded to brush fires that were caused by downed power lines in Granby on Friday, according to police. Granville Road, or Route 189, was closed from East Street to the Mass. border but has since reopened, police said. Police said the brush fires “have been dealt with” by the fire department and Eversource. No injuries have been reported at…

More than a dozen departments responded to a brush fire in East Haddam Tuesday. East Haddam firefighters said they were called to a brush fire near the intersection of Olmstead and Wickham roads around 2:23 p.m. When crews arrived they found a large fire spreading through the area. Twelve mutual aid companies responded to fight the blaze, which spread across…

Mutual aid was called in for a brush fire in Willington, according to Tolland Alert.

Mountain Road in Granby has reopened after being closed because of a brush fire.

The Skirball fire has burned over 450 acres with most of the fire burning inaccessible terrain that hasn’t burned in decades. Robert Kovacik reports for the NBC4 News on Wednesday Dec. 6 at 11 p.m.

At least 18 homes have burned in a wildfire that exploded to nearly 51 square miles in dry hills and canyons, sending smoke and ash over a widespread part of Southern California.

A 20,000-acre wildfire in mountains just north of Los Angeles and its suburbs is a threat to 1,500 homes, fire officials said Saturday.

A 45-year-old homeless man was arrested Sunday night on suspicion of arson in connection with a Southern California brush fire that forced evacuations and shut down sections of the eastbound 60 Freeway, police said.

Evacuation orders were lifted for two of the four camping areas affected by the Pine Fire in the Angeles National Forest, which destroyed 200 acres and was 35 percent contained as of Saturday night.

Air drops over a brush fire in San Bernardino County came to a temporary halt Sunday when firefighters encountered a recreational drone, fire officials said.

A massive brush fire continues to burn in Southwest Miami-Dade near West Kendall Tuesday morning. The Florida Forest Service and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said more than 2,000 acres have burned since the blaze broke out Sunday afternoon.

Firefighters were making progress Sunday night on battling a raging brush fire that consumed more than 1,000 acres in Riverside County and sent heavy smoke into the sky, fire officials said.