A firefighter gets water on a roughly four-acre brush fire that burned several extremely large mulch piles in the area of 960 Main St., in Acton, on Sunday. There were no injuries, but firefighters spent hours at the scene battling a fire in windy conditions in difficult terrain. (Courtesy Acton Fire Department) Firefighters use a ladder truck to extinguish flames in one of several extremely large mulch piles that burned in the area of 960 Main St., in Acton, on Sunday afternoon. (Courtesy Acton Fire Department) There were no fire hydrants or water sources in the area, so firefighters had to use nine tanker trucks to establish a water supply. (Courtesy Acton Fire Department) Firefighters work deep in the woods while battling a brush fire that burned about four acres and several extremely large piles of brush in the area of 960 Main St. on Sunday. (Courtesy Acton Fire Department)
ACTON — Chief Anita Arnum reports that the Acton Fire Department and mutual aid partners responded Sunday to a wind-driven multiple-alarm brush fire in difficult terrain with little access to water.
On Sunday, April 20, at 8:46 a.m., the Acton Fire Department was called to 960 Main St., to an area known as Kennedy’s Pit, for a report of a brush fire.
Companies arrived to find a large fire in difficult terrain that was burning multiple extremely large mulch piles. The wind extended it into a surrounding wooded area. There are no fire hydrants or water sources in the area, so firefighters had to rely on tanker trucks from mutual aid communities to shuttle water to the scene.
It took firefighters from 14 mutual aid communities using nine tanker trucks and six brush trucks about an hour to surround the fire, and about an hour to bring it under control. Companies remained on scene until Sunday afternoon.
The cause remains under investigation by the Acton Fire Department.
On-scene mutual aid was provided by firefighters from Boxborough, Carlisle, Concord, Hanscom Air Force Base, Harvard, Hopkinton, Maynard, Sherborn, Stow, Sudbury and Westford, as well as the Department of Conservation and Recreation.
The Department of Fire Services and the Harvard Fire Department also sent their Drone Units to the scene. Approximately four acres of brush and several large mulch piles burned.
“Companies did a great job working in incredibly difficult terrain in an area with no water, amid high winds,” said Chief Arnum. “It took a lot of effort, but there was no damage to any properties and no injuries.”
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