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More Brush Fire Burns in Lynn, City Closes Area Trails

On Monday, Lynn banned people from going on the trails north of the city's Walden Pond, closing them "until further notice"

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A brush fire was burning over more than 100 acres in Lynn, Massachusetts, on Monday, sending smoke into the sky.

The 135-acre fire appeared to be in the same area of the Lynn Woods Reservation as another brush fire that started Friday near Route 1, and a state fire official confirmed that Monday's flames had broken out of containment after firefighting Friday into Saturday.

A state police chopper was brought in to pull water from Walden Pond and drop it on the fire.

Aerial footage showed that the new conflagration was several hundred feet from the old one.

At bottom: A brush fire burning in the woods of Lynn, Massachusetts, on Monday, May 15, 2023. At top, a browned patch of woods where a brush fire erupted nearby the previous Friday.
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At bottom: A brush fire burning in the woods of Lynn, Massachusetts, on Monday, May 15, 2023. At top, a browned patch of woods where a brush fire erupted nearby the previous Friday.

On Monday, Lynn banned people from going on the trails north of the city's Walden Pond, closing them "until further notice." That pond is different from the Walden Pond in Concord made famous by Henry David Thoreau.

A state police helicopter dropped water over the flames Monday afternoon.

"Those will smolder for probably the next few days," Lynn Fire Chief Dan Sullivan said.

Overnight Monday night: Partly cloudy. Lows in the 50s. Tuesday: Bright & breezy, late clouds. Highs around 80°. Wednesday, early clouds, then sunny, and breezy. Cooler highs in the lower 60s.

He noted that the it was too soon to say what caused the fire.

People who live in the area said they were anxiously checking to ensure the fire didn't come close to their homes — Friday's fire was close to a neighborhood.

"Just keep checking the backyard, make sure it’s not coming closer," Julia Steriti said.

The fire was burning near homes on Judge Road and Emerald Drive Friday afternoon, but firefighters were making progress and no evacuations have ben ordered.

There were no injuries in Friday's fire, which continued burning overnight. The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation had said Friday it was aware of the incident in the Lynn Woods Reservation.

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