About three dozen personnel from the fire departments of Williamstown, Clarksburg, Hancock, Lanesborough, New Ashford, North Adams and Pownal, Vt., plus the Adams Forest Wardens responded to the blaze that first was reported at 5:44 p.m. The fire was located more than a mile from the nearest paved road, forcing firefighters to take to four-wheelers to get to the site. Initial reports indicated the fire was at least partially on property owned by the East Mountain Sportsman s Club. By 8:25, as darkness enveloped the mountainside, the first responders were making their way down the mountain to one of two command centers that were set up to coordinate the operation.
UPDATE: WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. Fire officials pulled crews off East Mountain mid-afternoon on Saturday when it became clear that shifting winds were creating hazardous conditions and the.
Just after 10 a.m. on Saturday, a State Police helicopter alerted fire officials on the ground to another front in the blaze which broke out on Friday evening. Fire personnel from Williamstown, New Ashford, Windsor, Hancock, Florida, Clarksburg and Pownal, Vt., were on site Saturday morning. Williamstown Fire Chief Craig Pedercini reported that 40 firefighters from the various departments were fighting the fire on at least two fronts mid-morning. The crews arrived at 6 a.m. for a briefing and were dispatched into the woods by 6:50, according to Williamstown Forest Warden Rick Daniels. Most of the fire is on the property of the East Mountain Sportsman s Club, though unconfirmed reports indicated it may have started further to the north and west.
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. —The Williamstown Fire District's Building Committee Friday chose to recommend the district appoint Colliers International to serve as the owner's project manager.