Firefighters were called to battle a brush fire on the west side of Slatington on Thursday afternoon. Lehigh County dispatchers said smoke was seen along the 500 block of West Church Street around 2:30 p.m. The fire is in an area behind the borough garage, dispatchers said.

A firefighter died in a utility task vehicle crash while responding to a brush fire in Berlin, Connecticut on Tuesday.

A firefighter from nearby Wethersfield died on Tuesday while battling a brush fire in Berlin, Connecticut. Connecticut State Police K-9 Nash helps to locate missing man Officials say a utility vehicle rolled over on a steep part of the mountain.

A red flag warning is in effect for all of Connecticut Wednesday as a massive blaze has grown at Lamentation Mountain in Berlin and Meriden.

A brush fire that broke out Monday evening has grown as it continues into Tuesday, according to emergency officials. Officials with the Berlin Fire Department said the fire broke out on Lamentation Mountain around 5:45 p.