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Massachusetts Guard to aid crews battling 160-acre wildfire near Williamstown
Gov. Maura Healey activated about eight National Guard members to support firefighters as a wildfire crossed from New York into Williamstown. Aircraft are expected to drop water on remote, rocky areas that crews on the ground cannot easily reach.
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has activated about eight National Guard members to help firefighters battle a wildfire that crossed the New York border into Williamstown and had burned nearly 160 acres by Monday night, Oct. 26.
The fire began as a brush fire Sunday morning in Berlin, N.Y., then spread into the wooded area of western Massachusetts. State officials said Guard members would use aircraft to drop water on flames in remote, rocky locations that are difficult for ground crews to access.
Healey said the state’s priority was to help local firefighters contain the blaze. No additional details about injuries, damage or the fire’s cause were provided in the available information.