Firefighters spent hours battling a large brush in East Haven and extinguished it by early Tuesday morning.
The fire was around 10 acres and extended from Prospect Place Extension to behind Calabro Cheese, according to the East Haven Volunteer Firefighters Association.
Smoke emitting from the site of the fire could be seen from blocks away.
Police said that both the Calabro Cheese and Town Fair Tire buildings were evacuated as a precaution.
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The public was being asked to avoid the area of Coe Avenue between Dodge Avenue and Silver Sands Road, which is not far from Tweed Airport. The fire was out by early Tuesday morning.
Firefighters knocked the fire down around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday.
No one was hurt in the fire.
