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Massachusetts officials say the state’s largest wildland fire in years continues to burn in Berkshire County. But as WAMC reports, the fire should be contained soon.
By Monday night, the East Mountain Fire – which began in Williamstown Friday and moved east into the Clarksburg State Forest over the weekend – was approaching 75% containment and around 950 acres burned. Williamstown Fire Chief Craig Pedercini addressed reporters Monday.
“The fire is going to continue to burn for several days as the firefighters work to contain the dry leaf litter such as surface fuel combined with low humidity steep terrain that resulted in a large fire growth over the last two days, said Pedercini. The public can expect to see smoke even after it s 100% contained.”
By Francesca Paris, The Berkshire Eagle
As of Monday night, around 950 acres had burned, and the fire did not grow overnight between Monday and Tuesday, according to the department.
By Tuesday morning, the burden of the response had shifted to state and federal firefighters, who moved their focus to patrolling the perimeter of the fire and putting out hotspots.
âWeâll probably hold it in that status for the next couple of days because we donât have any rain,â said Dave Celino, chief fire warden for Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. âWeâll end up with firefighters patrolling that fire until we get a significant change in the weather, with some precipitation, or we just finally donât find any hotspots up there.â