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Most of Massachusetts remained under a “Red Flag Warning” Wednesday as dry air and warm, breezy weather persisted statewide, leaving the Bay State prone to potentially devastating fires.
Across Massachusetts, crews have responded to 99 brush fires just since last Wednesday, bringing the year-to-date total up to 264 fires since Jan. 1, according to Dave Celino, the chief fire warden for the state Department of Conservation and Recreation.
“It’s not uncommon for us to get this level of activity, especially when we get the weather pattern that we’ve been stuck in here since last week,” he told Boston.com. What are Red Flag Warnings?
A product of the National Weather Service, Red Flag Warnings are one of several ways officials calculate fire danger, Celino explained. The current warning, which runs through 7 p.m. Wednesday, excludes Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket.
“Generally, the most frequent time we issue these warnings is in April,” NWS meteorologist Bill Leatham told last week.
