Tolland's fire chief is warning residents about brush fire potential after two in the area since Sunday. TOLLAND, CT — Tolland residents have been feeling the effects of two brush fires over the past two days.On Sunday, the Tolland Fire Department rushed to a brush fire along the 400 block of Merrow Road.It measured about 100 feet-by-100 feet, Fire Chief John Littell said.He said it was put out relatively quickly and no one was hurt.On Monday, a large brush fire broke out in Vernon, sending a plume ...
Tolland's fire chief is warning residents about brush fire potential after two in the area since Sunday.
TOLLAND, CT — Tolland residents have been feeling the effects of two brush fires over the past two days.
On Sunday, the Tolland Fire Department rushed to a brush fire along the 400 block of Merrow Road.
It measured about 100 feet-by-100 feet, Fire Chief John Littell said.
He said it was put out relatively quickly and no one was hurt.
On Monday, a large brush fire broke out in Vernon, sending a plume of smoke into the air that could be seen for miles and the smell extended well into Tolland.
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Initial calls to the heavily wooded area to the north of the Reservoir Road-Fish and Game Road intersection in the early afternoon.
The smoke could be seen clearly from as far away as the Bolton Road overpass on Interstate 84 in Vernon and fire officials said the smell was affecting people well into the Bald Hill area of Tolland. Several Tolland residents reported a smoke situation at their homes.
Several fire companies responded — including Vernon, Tolland, Ellington, the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and Bolton — and ambulances were entrenched at the scene with stretchers being wheeled and carried to the area.
There was no immediate word on injuries not the exact size of the blaze. Firefighters traveled deep into the woods to battle the flames and smoke.
Officials said firefighters are expected to be working in the woods for several hours.
On both Sunday and Monday, state officials said that the forest fire danger level was very high throughout most of the state.
Thet said, "The DEEP's Forest Fire Control Office urges all who enjoy the use of Connecticut's parks, forests and open spaces, to use fires with caution and practice forest fire prevention tips especially during forest fire season. People need to obey local laws regarding open fires, carefully dispose of hot charcoal , and completely extinguish smoking materials."
There was no immediate word on what may have caused the fire in Vernon.
Littell, though said the warnings must be taken seriously.
"Whether it's a campfire, a fire pit or a cigarette, the danger is there," he said. "Don't be the one to start a brush fire."