It began as a brush fire during the most dangerous forest fire season for Connecticut and ended with two residents injured and displaced when the flames spread to their home.
The calls came in around 6:45 p.m. Tuesday, sending fire personnel to Maiden Lane.
Arriving units quickly found this wasn’t one of the town’s typical brush fires, which usually consume open space and don’t threaten buildings or residences.
By the time fire crews got to the scene, the flames had extended to the home, up the side of the home and into the attic.
Crews from Seymour, Derby, Oxford and Beacon Falls extinguished the flames.
Two residents were displaced, according to Tim Willis of the Seymour Fire Department. He said that the two suffered minor injuries.
Connecticut typically sees high forest fire danger in the spring from mid-March through May. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration also issued a “red flag” warning for Southern New England.
So far in 2021, the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has been made aware of 32 fires spanning roughly 50 acres in total, according to spokesman Will Healey.
Last year, he said, there were 626 reported fires that covered a total of nearly 340 acres. In 2019, there were 107 reported fires that spanned 86 acres.
“We had a wet year in 2019, so conditions didn’t promote a lot of fires that year,” Healey said about the massive jump in fires between the two years. “Conversely in 2020, conditions were very dry with the drought, promoting a much higher number of fires.”
Healey said DEEP’s data does not reflect the full picture, but only fires reported to the agency. The DEEP website indicates that in an...
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