New Lynn Brush Fire Sends Smoke Into Sky

A brush fire was burning over more than 100 acres in Lynn, Massachusetts, on Monday, sending smoke into the sky.

The 135-acre fire appeared to be in the same area of the Lynn Woods Reservation as another brush fire that started Friday near Route 1, and a state fire official confirmed that Monday's flames had broken out of containment after firefighting Friday into Saturday.

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A state police chopper was brought in to pull water from Walden Pond and drop it on the fire.

Aerial footage showed that the new conflagration was several hundred feet from the old one.

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At bottom: A brush fire burning in the woods of Lynn, Massachusetts, on Monday, May 15, 2023. At top, a browned patch of woods where a brush fire erupted nearby the previous Friday.

On Monday, Lynn banned people from going on the trails north of the city's Walden Pond, closing them "until further notice." That pond is different from the Walden Pond in Concord made famous by Henry David Thoreau.

Due to the ongoing forest fires at Lynn Woods, public access to all trails north of Walden Pond is strictly prohibited and these trails will remain closed until further notice. pic.twitter.com/eZ9Byz5lDQ
— City of Lynn (@TheCityofLynn) May 15, 2023

A state police helicopter dropped water over the flames Monday afternoon.

RIGHT NOW: @MassStatePolice and @LynnFireDept are using a chopper to drop water over multiple brush fires in the Lynn Woods Reservation. We’re live with the latest on @NBC10Boston and @NECN pic.twitter.com/h3X5onQMsN
— Mary Markos (@maryathanasia) May 15, 2023

"Those will smolder for probably the next few days," Lynn Fire Chief Dan Sullivan said.

Overnight Monday night: Partly cloudy. Lows in the 50s. Tuesday: Bright & breezy, late clouds. Highs around 80°. Wednesday, early clouds, then sunny, and breezy. Cooler highs in the lower 60s.

He noted that the it was too soon to say what caused the fire.

People who live in the area said they were anxiously checking to ensure the fire didn't come close to their homes — Friday's fire was close to a neighborhood.

"Just keep checking the backyard, make sure it’s not coming closer," Julia Steriti said.

The fire was burning near homes on Judge Road and Emerald Drive Friday afternoon, but firefighters were making progress and no evacuations have ben ordered.

There were no injuries in Friday's fire, which continued burning overnight. The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation had said Friday it was aware of the incident in the Lynn Woods Reservation.