As a large brush fire in the woods of Berlin burned for a fourth day, state environmental officials said crews are working a series of other wildfires across tinder-dry Connecticut.
The Berlin fire, on Lamentation Mountain, covered 107 acres as of an update from Berlin Fire Chief John Massirio at 3 pm on Thursday. Two Connecticut National Guard helicopters are being used to douse the flames, using water scooped from nearby Silver Lake. They’re joined by a helicopter on loan from the forestry service in Maine. Between 40 and 50 fire crew members are working the fire on the ground, on 24-hour shifts.
Late Thursday afternoon, the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) announced that its crews are managing at least eight other fires:…