Brookfield Crews Tackle Brush Fire

BROOKFIELD, CT — Firefighters tackled a small brush fire over the weekend.

Members of the Brookfield Volunteer Fire Company were called in to extinguish the blaze on Candlewood Lake Road just South of Elbow Hill on Sunday afternoon, at the height of last week's heat wave.

According to the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, the majority of wildfires in Connecticut are human-caused by improper burning of debris, arson, campfires, discarded wood ashes, and equipment.

DEEP urges residents to use fires with caution and heed the following recommendations, especially during forest fire season:

• Obey local laws regarding open fires, including campfires.
• Keep all flammable objects away from fire. Scrape away leaves, twigs, and grass within a 10-foot diameter circle from fire.
• Have firefighting tools nearby and handy.
• Never leave a fire unattended.
• Carefully dispose of hot charcoal.
• Drown all fires.
• Carefully extinguish smoking materials.