Fires

The fire is burning in Great Barrington and the smoke is traveling south into Connecticut.

As the Hawthorne Fire continues to burn into its twelfth day, crews remain on scene in Berlin using new equipment to help them battle the flames.

As the Hawthorne Fire continues to burn into its twelfth day, crews remain on scene in Berlin using new equipment to help them battle the flames. This comes as the state sees more fires spark up due to the current dry weather. As crews from all over the state and the country continue to fight the Hawthorne Fire in Berlin,…

There are nearly 100 brush fires burning across the state, with nearly 10 new fires since Thursday, according to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.

CT DEEP has imposed a statewide burn ban, but it’s up to local municipalities to decide if they want to ban open burning in their town, too.

With the extreme fire danger across Connecticut, some towns are enacting their own burn bans in an effort to prevent the flames from spreading. Between 80 to 90 fires are being tracked by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), including the Hawthorne Fire that has been burning for almost two weeks now. DEEP has imposed a statewide burn…

Emergency management officials in Connecticut were monitoring 93 fires, all in different stages, on Friday morning. Joining in on the firefight were two crews from out of state, one from Quebec, Canada and the other from California. The crew from California, the Groveland Hotshots, are an interagency hotshot crew working for the U.S. Forest Service. They help with disaster relief,…

The Groveland Hotshots are in our state; an inter-agency group that works with the US Forest Service in places at risk for spreading fires.

Friday’s red flag warnings have firefighters on alert. They’re already battling dozens of blazes across the state, including the Hawthorne Fire in Berlin.

The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) said they are monitoring over 50 brush fires that are burning amid dry conditions across Connecticut. State officials are urging the public to avoid open flames outside because any fire that starts could spread quickly. “Each and every one of those embers that you think is out, that could spread,” Gov. Ned…

Authorities in North Carolina say a children’s book, likely with a lithium battery, is to blame for a fire inside a vehicle that occurred Sunday when no one was in the car.

Fire officials in Danbury are looking into what sparked a massive garage fire Friday morning. The flames broke out at a home Clapboard Ridge Road around 7. The fire department said crews had the fire at the attached garage under control in about fifteen minutes. One person was taken to the hospital as a result of the fire for treatment…

Retired UFC fighter Mark Coleman was in an induced coma in intensive care after he rescued his parents from a house fire in Toledo, Ohio, early Tuesday.

Nearby boaters assisted with the rescue after passengers jumped into the water to escape the fire near Glen Canyon National Park.

Hanoi police said some entire families were killed in the blaze, which broke out just before midnight Tuesday and wasn’t put out until Wednesday morning in the nine-story building in Vietnam’s capital.

A fire in a nine-story apartment building in Vietnam’s capital killed at least 10 people, including four children, and injured more than 50.

At least 73 people are dead and dozens more injured after a fire ripped through a five-story building in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Firefighters in Canada captured video of a fire whirl over Gun Lake, Canada, on Aug. 17 in the Downton Lake fire.

The wildfires have damaged hundred of homes and burned at least 25,000 acres.

The fast-moving wildfires that raked Maui this week will take a heavy toll on the environment.