Massachusetts is facing an outsize fire threat due to a confluence of conditions this fall — and the officials tasked with protecting Berkshire County are on high alert.
“There is a burn ban in effect, there are no outside fires, and use your head,” Tom Sammons told WAMC. “Common sense has to prevail here. Fires get started very, very quickly with just a spark- And a little bit of wind is going to push a fire. There’s been fires that have been burning for weeks east of us. It’s a real threat.”
Sammons is fire chief in Pittsfield, the largest community in the region with the largest fire department in Berkshire County…