fire danger

A man has died from injuries he received in an outdoor fire that was fed by a propane torch in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, Wednesday, authorities say. Firefighters who arrived at the scene on Streans Street after noon found two people hurt and a shed engulfed in flames, according to local and state fire officials and Middlesex County prosecutors. An older man…

It’s been a busy stretch for firefighters.  There have been 24 brush fires in just the last week across Massachusetts.  One of the key lines of defense are Department of Conservation and Recreation fire towers. They’re up to 80 feet high and where firefighters keep an eye on the landscape. “I can usually tell generally how hot the fire’s...

There have been over 330 brush fires this year in Massachusetts–about average–but the amount of land chewed up —about 870 acres–is higher than normal.