Nearly 100 wildfires reported in the month of August. Smaller-than-usual crops. Browning, crunchy lawns and a constellation of restrictions on how households should use water.Welcome to the drought of 2022 in Massachusetts, which continues to worsen.
Chief Forest Fire Warden Dave Celino told the drought task force his department has received reports of 97 wildfires so far in August, a number that is likely.
Chief Forest Fire Warden Dave Celino told the drought task force his department has received reports of 97 wildfires so far in August, a number that is likely to increase amid ongoing dry conditions.