🌱 Unauthorized burn sparks three-acre brush fire along Worcester’s County Highway 40

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• Unauthorized burn sparks three-acre brush fire along Worcester’s County Highway 40

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 57 and low of 45 degrees.
• Thursday: Cool with occasional rain, temps: high: 52, low: 42.
• Friday: Cloudy with a passing shower, with a high of 58 and low of 44 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Hiker rescued in Catskills after suffering allergic reaction to trail mix (syracuse.com) — Forest rangers recently helped local departments put out a three-acre brush fire along County Highway 40 in Worcester, which officials say started as an unauthorized prescribed burn. The same statewide report also details a hiker’s allergic reaction in the Catskills and several other controlled burns and wildfires across New York.
   

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