More than 100 wildfires burned in Massachusetts
11/16/2022 12:00:00 AM
CATEGORIES:
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
AFFECTED AREAS:
Massachusetts
Barnstable County, MA
Berkshire County, MA
Bristol County, MA
Dukes County, MA
Essex County, MA
Franklin County, MA
Hampden County, MA
Hampshire County, MA
Middlesex County, MA
Nantucket County, MA
Norfolk County, MA
Plymouth County, MA
Suffolk County, MA
Worcester County, MA
Start Date: 6/1/2022
- End Date: 8/31/2022
Since the beginning of June, 450 wildfires burned 449 acres in Massachusetts, according to the chief fire warden for the state Department of Conservation and Recreation. He attested to the landscape being brown in late July and resembling Arizona, at a time of year when things should have been lush green. Although wildfires used to be rare in the summer, more than 100 wildfires burned in August.
WGBH (Boston, Mass.), Nov 15, 2022
Ninety-seven wildfires have occurred in Massachusetts since the start of August, according to the Chief Forest Fire warden.
WBUR-FM Boston Public Radio (Mass.), Aug. 23, 2022
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