Rain is finally in sight for later this week, but fire officials warn we are not out of the woods yet.
It’s still extremely dry, the fire danger is high, and crews have been busy responding to more and more fires across the state.
On Monday morning, there were two new fires reported. One in Andover quickly spread from five to 26 acres.
Crews from Quebec and Idaho, who have been in the state helping handle brush fires here, responded to get a perimeter around that and get it contained. They were able to contain it to 26 acres Monday afternoon, according to town officials.
Another fire in Torrington was reported on Monday morning.
“We also had another fire in Torrington, about a half acre. Supposedly, it burnt down one garage, or scorched the garage, pretty good. It’s in a new housing development up there,” said Dean Fernandez, the incident commander for the Northeastern Forest Fire Protection Compact.
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