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CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – A Red Flag Warning has been issued from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. for all of western Massachusetts for high brush fire danger. The morning will be bright and breezy.

BOSTON - Almost all of Massachusetts will be under a red flag warning from ... A nearly 200-acre fire was burning in Middleton Tuesday, prompting the fire department to issue a temporary ban ...

prompting officials to issue red flag warnings for most of the state. In Middleton, where one of the larger fires is burning, the fire department is reminding people to avoid the reservoir and ...

The Elmwood Park Fire Department as of Tuesday afternoon had not received any calls related to the red flag warning. But down in Kankakee County, a small brush fire did break out in Pembroke ...

Red flag warnings are issued when conditions conducive to fire growth reach a critical level. This is determined looking at the relative humidity, maximum wind gusts and available dry brush.

However, the Fire Weather Watch that has now turned into a Red Flag Warning has fire departments on high alert with the worrisome combination of gusty winds, low humidity and warm temperatures ...

“A Red Flag Warning signals that critical fire weather conditions are either imminent or occurring,” the National Weather Service said. “The combination of strong winds, low ...