Firefighters Sweep Away Large Brush Fire in South Peabody Woods
Crews spent more than two hours Monday afternoon in the woods behind Spring Pond, tamping down a large brush fire.
Peabody firefighters, on foot and armed with nothing more than brooms and a couple fire extinguishers, battled a large brush fire Monday afternoon in South Peabody, about a half-mile into the woods behind Spring Pond. Deputy Fire Chief Richard Nelson said that due to the wind, the fire spread to four separate areas, all of which were tamped down by 3:30 p.m. when he and about a dozen firefighters filed out of the woods, carrying their brooms. The crew from Engine 5 was the first to arrive on the scene Monday around 1 p.m., staging from an emergency vehicle access road near the pump house at the pond. Two more pump engines were called in shortly afterward and a third engine was called in around 2:20 p.m., staging from the end of Sunset …
John Castelluccio
8:55 pm on Monday, November 12, 2012
Anna, we simply replaced the photo when we had some pictures from the scene today. That was an old file photo from another brush fire a couple years ago. No one asked us to remove it. more ›