4 departments fight brush fire.LEOMINSTER Leominster (lĕm`ĭnstər), city (1990 pop. 38,145), Worcester co., N central Mass.; set off from Lancaster 1740, inc. as a city 1915. - Firefighters use hand tools to contain a 3-acre brush fire near Elm Street before water and hoses were brought to the area yesterday. The fire was called in to the Fire Department by a staff member at the Fitchburg Fitchburg, industrial city (1990 pop. 41,194), seat of Worcester co., N Mass., on the north branch of the Nashua River; settled c.1730, inc. as a city 1872. Its important paper industry dates approximately from 1805. Airport shortly after noon. "A pilot was flying over the area, he noticed the fire, called the airport on his radio and the airport called us," said Fire Lt. John Gendron. Firefighters gained access to the site from a fire road near 760 Elm St. He said conditions were very dry and the fire was moving quickly. It took about three and a half hours to put it out. Firefighters from Princeton, Sterling and the state Forestry Department helped. ART: PHOTO PHOTOG pho·tog n. Informal A person who takes photographs, especially as a profession; a photographer. : T&G Staff/RICK CINCLAIR MEMO MEMO Memorandum MEMO Medicines Monitoring Unit (University of Dundee) MEMO Medical Equipment Management Office MEMO Mission-Essential Maintenance Only MEMO Mission-Essential Maintenance Operations MEMO Mental Modeler : COMPLETE IN CUTLINE |
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