By LAURIE LOISEL
@LaurieLoisel
Daily Hampshire Gazette
HUNTINGTON — About 40 firefighters from at least eight Hilltowns, including Chesterfield, Goshen, Westhampton, Williamsburg and Worthington, spent several hours Thursday night helping Huntington firefighters put out a brush fire near Pisgah Road that covered at least 10 acres.
Westhampton Fire Chief Christopher Norris, who is also a member of the Northampton Fire Department, said he and four other members of the Westhampton volunteer department responded to the fire, reported about 5 p.m. Crews stayed on the scene until about 9 p.m., according to Norris.
“The fire’s contained at this time,” he said shortly after returning to Westhampton. “We pulled everyone out of the woods when it got dark as a safety precaution.”
He said one firefighter was treated for dehydration by a Hilltown ambulance unit. He also said there were no people in the woods at the time.
Norris said additional crews will be returning to the area at daylight to put out hot spots, “mop up” and try to figure out what caused the fire.
Norris said state forest firefighting crews from the Department of Conservation and Recreation District 10 as well as firefighters from Russell and Chester also responded.
According to Norris, the cause of the fire was not known Thursday night. The Western Mass News website reported that the fire was believed to be sparked by a downed high-voltage power line that sparked dry brush.
Laurie Loisel can be reached at [email protected].
