On October 6th I wrote about the small wildfire on Brownell Mountain near Williston VT (ChittendenCounty) I was not able to find information about the containment of this brushfire. I was very happy that a large firefighting helicopter was based in Lebanon NH, just across the border from VT that aided wildland firefighters in fighting the brushfire. If you are interested in more information about this brushfire you might want to checkout this October 5th facebook post from Northern/Central VT Fire Alerts, you will see information and comments while the brushfire was being fought, there is no containment information in that post. The good news is that the fire has been contained according to this October 6th article from The Hinesburg Record; according to this article
The fire covered an acre or so on top of the mountain. Steep terrain and waning daylight prompted a special request for a firefighting helicopter which was staged in Lebanon, NH.
Vermont Wildland Fire Specialist Devin Healy said that the helicopter, which dumped 2,000 gallons of water at a time, was unable to extinguish the fire but was essential in keeping it from spreading.
At the time that article was written no one could say for sure how the brushfire on Brownell Mountain was started but it may have been started by humans.
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