GROVELAND — Fire Chief Robert Valentine reports that the Groveland Fire Department extinguished a brush fire caused by a downed power line on the Groveland/West Newbury line on Friday.
On Friday, March 7, at approximately 1:25 p.m., the Groveland and West Newbury Fire Departments were notified of a brush fire in a remote area under high tension power lines in the area of Center Street and Webster Way on the town line.
Firefighters from both departments located an approximately half-acre of brush that was burning as a result of a downed high-tension power line. A large pine tree was blown down by high winds and took down the power line as it fell, sparking the fire.
A forestry firefighting team from the state Department of Conservation and Recreation also supported efforts to extinguish the fire. Firefighters from Georgetown covered Groveland stations during the fire.
National Grid was called to the scene and deenergized the power line, at which point firefighters brought the blaze under control at 2:31 p.m. There were no reported injuries.
