Officials say Great Barrington will be battling the Butternut Fire …
4 days ago · Throughout the day, helicopters dumped water sourced from the Butternut Ski Area on the western side of the range onto the smoldering ridge. Firefighters are keeping their distance.
Butternut Fire November 23 morning update: Crew from …
14 hours ago · Great Barrington — According to an update by the Great Barrington Fire Department on Saturday, Nov. 23, operations at the Butternut Fire site are continuing on a smaller scale today. The department reports that a members from a Type 6 engine crew from Wyoming knowledgeable about wildfires are walking the fire perimeter to …
Wildfire Threatens Popular Massachusetts Ski Area
4 days ago · Nov 20, 2024. A wildfire is burning outside Ski Butternut, a small, 100-acre ski area with ten lifts in the Southwest corner of Massachusetts, near Great Barrington. The ski area is actively coordinating with local firefighting efforts and has turned on its snowguns to saturate the ground with water. Firefighters have used helicopters to scoop ...
Butternut Fire in Great Barrington update: Fire has expanded into ...
3 days ago · Much of the information on social media is false. Ski Butternut is not burning and there have not been any evacuations at the time of any property. The name of the fire is the Butternut Fire. Butternut is not on fire. Meanwhile Ski Butternut posted on their Facebook page: The East Mountain Wildfire has burned approximately 100 acres near Ski ...
Butternut Fire November 23 evening update: Fire contained for …
7 hours ago · Great Barrington — According to the town’s Fire Department, the Butternut Fire, which at last report involved 1,388 acres of land in both Great Barrington and Sheffield, has been contained. The department made the announcement on its Facebook page during the afternoon of Saturday, Nov. 23. However, according to Great Barrington Fire Department Lieutenant Brian Mead, high winds are expected ...
Ski Butternut closed as 1,300-acre fire burns despite recent …
Ski Butternut announced on Wednesday that it will be closed until Monday, Nov. 25, due to the wildfire, known as the Butternut Fire. No one has been hurt and no structures are threatened. As of ...
Crews to return to fight Butternut Fire in the morning; fire may …
4 days ago · Attacking from the air, a helicopter gathered water from the snowmaking pond at Butternut Ski Area, less than a mile from the fire as the crow flies. If that water supply becomes diminished, the team will expand to other sources, Brown said. ... Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device.
Great Barrington wildfire has stopped growing, but patrols are …
2 days ago · That's because the ski area didn't want the public arriving given all the firefighting activity at the mountain, said Dillon Mahon, Butternut's marketing director. Mahon said that the use of snowmaking water to fire won't affect operations, and that the ski area is hoping to open in early December. The weather has to cooperate first.
November 20th Update from Great Barrington Fire Department …
4 days ago · Ski Butternut is not burning and there have not been any evacuations at this time – of any property. The name of the fire is the Butternut Fire – Butternut is NOT on fire. Second – we know the smoke in town is heavier than it has been, the cooler air and “heavier” smoke does not allow the smoke to float away from the area. The town is ...
Butternut Fire continues to smolder through the rain; officials ...
2 days ago · Turning to another inaccurate claim proliferating on social media, Mead also reiterated that the ski resort that now shares a name with the fire remains untouched by its flames. “Ski Butternut ...
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