Cape Ann’s fire departments are hosting an open house next week to offer information about a regional effort taking place to fight wildfires on Cape Ann.
A Massachusetts Army National Guard Black Hawk helicopter Wednesday looped over Gloucester dumping 600-gallon buckets of water scooped from the Babson Reservoir onto the stubborn Poles Hill brush fire which, along with controlled “burn outs,” has charred almost 20 acres, the seaport’s fire chief said.