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AUGUSTA Maine is on pace this year to surpass 2020 and set a record for wildfires, a disturbing trend caused by more people letting debris fires on their properties get out of control, the Maine Forest Service said.
“As of April 14 in 2020, we had 112 fires that had burned 94.7 acres,” Maine’s Chief Forest Ranger Bill Hamilton said Wednesday. “And so far this year we have had 163 fires that burned 122 acres. We’re quite a bit ahead of where we were last year.”
Forest service spokesman Jim Britt said that more people are burning debris in their yards and on their properties, the result of being stuck at home during the COVID-19 pandemic and having more time to do yard cleanup work.
Dry conditions persist with Maine on pace for record fire season
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Dry conditions persist with Maine on pace for record fire season
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Augusta woods fire doused as dry conditions persist across central Maine
A mild winter followed by a dry spring has contributed to brush fires across the region over the last week, but it s too soon to say if dry conditions will prevail into summer.
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Augusta Fire Department Lt. Don Genest, right, and Chelsea Fire Chief Shawn Ramage extinguish flames in a pine tree at a blaze Tuesday in Augusta. Unseasonably dry, mild weather has created conditions for wood fires across Maine.
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AUGUSTA On Tuesday, firefighters from three communities knocked down a brush fire near the Augusta-Chelsea line. On Wednesday, a small grass fire in Rome drew firefighters from three other communities.
December 18, 2020
Most of Massachusetts is shoveling out from under almost a foot of snow on Friday, courtesy of the nor’easter that pummeled the region starting mid-week.
But if you think the Bay State saw sizable accumulations (Newton reported 14.5 inches, while most of the coast and Cape Cod saw significantly less snowfall), towns to the north in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine are digging out from more than double the snow.
In Vermont, the towns of Ludlow and Springfield received 41 inches of snow, according to the National Weather Service Burlington. More than a few other towns weren’t far behind: Windsor (39), Reading (38), Danby (37.5), and Plymouth (36).