Lamentation Mountain Fire Update
The Berlin Firefighters held a news conference on Wednesday, October 23rd at 10:00 a.m. regarding the fire that began Monday. They stated the fire was contained to a 125 mile box as of Wednesday morning. The current mission is to hold the lines. CT Task Force 1 has been activated and crews will be coming from Maine with aerial support. They are expected this afternoon. The CT National Guard plans to send reinforcements which should arrive Thursday morning. No homes have had to be evacuated, and no buildings have been destroyed.