STOW, MASS. (WLNE) – Brush fire season is upon us here in southern New England.
Peter Ostroskey is the Massachusetts State Fire Marshal. He says, “Outdoor fires or brush fires, and forest fires in particular, are very labor intensive, and so it’s a huge demand on the resources of a local community.”
Last year in Massachusetts, fueled by the drought, there were 5,846 brush fires. It ranked among the top 10 worst years for brush fires in the state. The Fire Marshal is putting out a call to the public, asking them to help reduce the risk this year.
Ostroskey says, “We had some difficult areas where we had to employ aerial operations, water drops.”
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there is still no breakdown of exactly how many homes exploded or burned. but the number is certainly in the dozens. one official estimated 20 homes lost in lawrence, 20 in andover, and 20 in north andover. so many fires burning at once that some are left unattended because there just weren t enough firefighters to go aroun around. we ve also confirmed that one person was killed in lawrence winter break to from an explosion collapsed on the car he was in. the victim was just 18. there is also several injuries. all of the destroyed and damaged trump s are customers of columbia gas. the cause is thought to have something to do with the gas pressure issue but the investigation is clearly in the early stages. the massachusetts state fire marshal s office has set an investigation team to the scene and the fbi is also monitoring all three communities. in those communities affected, there are 51,000 customers and