Valley News – Claremont bushfire considered 'suspicious'

CLAREMONT — Local and state investigators are investigating the origin of a brush fire they called “considered suspicious” that occurred in a wooded area of ​​a residential neighborhood near Sugar River Tuesday after -noon.

Claremont firefighters dispatched their van known as “Brush 1” equipped with brush firefighting equipment to the area of ​​Maynard Street and Spring Street Tuesday afternoon, where a “small brush fire was discovered “burning on top of the hill,” according to a news report. press release issued by the firefighters Wednesday morning.

Personnel quickly extinguished the fire and the incident was under control four minutes after firefighters arrived on scene, the press release states.

The brush fire “is considered suspicious in nature” and is being investigated by the city's fire and police departments, with assistance from the New York Division of Forestry and Lands. Hampshire, according to the press release, which does not detail what leads investigators to suspect. that.

Fire officials are asking anyone who may have information regarding the fire to contact CFD Lt. William Hardy at 603-542-5156.