Quick Knockdown Halts Ground Blaze off Route 205 in Windham County

Canterbury, CT - Firefighters from the Canterbury Volunteer Fire Company Inc. and four neighboring mutual aid departments quickly suppressed an outside brush fire along Wauregan Road on Tuesday afternoon, prompting local fire officials to issue a safety warning regarding elevated wildfire hazards across Windham County.

Emergency units were alerted at approximately 12:43 p.m. on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, for a reported outside brush fire burning in the vicinity of 179 Wauregan Road (Route 205) in Windham County.

Mutual aid companies from the Scotland Volunteer Fire Department and Mortlake Fire Company (Windham County), along with the Central Village Fire Department and Lisbon Fire Department (New London County), were dispatched to assist with water delivery and manpower.

First-arriving crews located a 20-foot-by-20-foot ground fire spreading through dry brush and vegetation. Operating companies advanced booster lines and utilized hand tools to rapidly achieve knockdown and thoroughly wet down the perimeter, preventing the flames from expanding into adjacent woodlands.