(AUSTRALIA OUT) Generic flames of a fire, 16 February 2006. AFR Photograph by JESSICA SHAPIRO (Photo by Fairfax Media via Getty Images via Getty Images)
Crews have contained a large brush fire that spread over 50 acres in Lyme on Wednesday night.
The Lyme Fire Company said the fire broke out around 4:30 p.m. in the area of Becket Hill and Grassy Hill roads.
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WATCH HEREMultiple fire departments and CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) forestry crews responded to the scene.
Fire officials asked people to avoid the area while crews fought the fire.
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SIGN UP The brush fire was contained around 7:45 p.m.
No additional information was immediately available.
