The very dry conditions and high winds are causing a fire danger that's showing up in brush fires across the state.
Fires were reported early today in Fairfield and in
The East Haddam Patch reports that the Devil's Hopyard brush fire started early Monday night and by morning, had consumed around 25 acres.
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Fire Marshal Ray Occhialini says today is a high-fire, red-flag day, and people need to be really, really careful.
"Don't dump those stove ashes outside," Occhialini says, and don't throw cigarette butts or embers out the window.
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No burning permits are being issued, and any that have been issued are void at the moment, he said.
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