Tag Archives: Vermont

10 fire departments responded to the fire     KILLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — An unpermitted brush fire that got out of control sparked a two-day forest fire in steep terrain in Killington over the weekend, the fire chief said. New ...

ATVs were needed to access the fire     MILTON, Vt. (AP) — A lightning strike may have caused a forest fire on top of a mountain in Milton that firefighters battled over the weekend, officials said. A crew returned ...

Burns will treat 200 to 600 acres     RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) — Green Mountain National Forest plans to use prescribed fires in the coming weeks to treat about 200 to 600 acres of the forest. Officials say the fires ...

Prescribed burn in the Green Mountain National Forest     RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service says between 200 and 600 acres in the Green Mountain National Forest are going to be burned with prescribed fires as part ...