SOUTHWICK – The Southwick Fire Department responded to a brush fire in the hayfield behind 93 College Hwy, at approx. 2:45 p.m. on Wednesday.
The exact cause was not determined. The fire department responded to people in the filed haying and using their baler, as the baler began to catch on fire.
Brush fire near 93 College Hwy on Wednesday afternoon.
“Whether something happened inside the baler and or spontaneous combustion, it’s unknown,” said Southwick Fire Department Lieutenant Paul Johnson.
Roughly 10 to 15 acres were burning in result of the fire starting. Johnson informs that it could have been far worse.
“We’re lucky that there’s a swamp over on the backside so it stopped there before it continued on,” said Johnson.
Southwick Fire also received help from local fire rescues in Granville, Lost Acres of Granby, Conn. and Suffield, Conn.
