10-Acre Brush Fire Extinguished In East Haddam

EAST HADDAM, CT — Crews worked for more than three hours Tuesday to extinguish a 10-acre brush fire near the Babcock Pond Wildlife Management Area in East Haddam, according to fire officials.

Officials said 13 fire departments, including Haddam Volunteer Fire Company, responded to the fire. At around 2:30 p.m. on April 7, crews were dispatched to a partially wooded area near Olmsted Road and Wickham Road.

“The fire spread rapidly due to strong winds and dry ground cover,” the Haddam Volunteer Fire Company wrote in a post on Facebook. “Firefighters worked for more than three hours to extinguish the fire.

“Mutual aid to East Haddam also was provided by Colchester, Haddam Neck, East Hampton, Cobalt (company of East Hampton), Essex, Old Saybrook, Lyme, Salem, Chester, Gardner Lake, and Marlborough. Crews from the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) and the Connecticut Forest Fire Service also responded.”

The cause of the fire is being investigated by the East Haddam Fire Marshal’s Office.