Local Fire Departments Help Extinguish NH Brush Fire

Local fire departments help extinguish NH brush fire

NORTH HAMPTON, NH — Local fire departments including Salisbury, Amesbury and Newburyport recently helped North Hampton firefighters battle a multi-acre brush fire in an operation that lasted almost a week.

North Hampton Fire Rescue and Mutual Aid Partners Maintain Containment, Continue Multi-Day Effort to Fully Extinguish Brush Fire

NORTH HAMPTON — Interim Chief Jacob MacGlashing reports that the North Hampton Fire Department and mutual aid partners from three states have maintained full containment of a brush fire that has now entered its third day of active suppression work. The fire, which began Thursday afternoon, Aug. 7, in a heavily wooded area near North Hampton School, burned approximately 5.4 acres before being brought under control. Crews have now reduced the acti…