S Main St. Brush Fire (Monroe, CT) 5/25/22

Monroe, CT - At approximately 12:30pm on May 25, 2022, members of the Stepney Volunteer Fire Department and Botsford Fire Department were dispatched to the 300 block of S Main Street for a reported mulch/brush fire. First in companies found a large 100x200ft area burning on a commercial sized mulch pile and running up the hillside. Mutual aid was called in from all over the surrounding area (Newtown Hook & Ladder, Stevenson, Monroe, and Sandy Hook) to set up a tanker shuttle operation to combat the fire. It would take several hours before the fire would be put under control.