The evidence is the grass fire and were learning more about how it sparked. It was from a mal function on an electric power pole. More than 800 people had to evacuate yesterday as the fire moved closer to homes. Firefighters got that fire 100 contained within a few hours. Everyone has since returned home. Crews stayed through the night to watch for hot spots. Conditions are so dry hot spot could rekindle a really big fire. More on this warm, dry weather. Its not over yet. It isnt. Once again as we look towards the end of october hoping for a storm around the corner, unfortunately we really arent going to see very many that will bring rain and snow to much of the state. It has been extremely dry. So much so that weve only had about a quarter of an inch of rain so far for this month. Typically as we are winding things down, we should be things off still into the 50s though. 40s in the foothills. A little cooler in our mountain communities. The winds picked up as a cool front pushed throu
Curator Kristen Gresh, who brings an international wealth of knowledge about the profound power of photographs, will be the guest speaker at the next Cape Ann Museum special event linked
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