Threat of Wildfire Prompts Discussion, Planning on the Vineyard
Louisa Hufstader

Recent catastrophic wildfires in California have sown concern on Martha’s Vineyard, where there is concern the 5,000-acre Manuel F. Correllus State Forest is becoming a tinder box.

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Extensive Forest Fire
Vineyard Gazette

The forest fire which races across the large section of the island known as “The Plains” lasted two days and burned through to West Tisbury. More than 200 men had a hard fight before the flames were subdued.

Two and a half hours from the start the fire reached Pine farm, owned by Ariel B. Scott, where the flames claimed a barn, destroyed a corn crib, hen houses and a building in which were two incubators, wagon and tools and a flock of hens.

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Forest Fire
Vineyard Gazette

Last Sunday, at about ten o’clock, with a high wind blowing from the westward, afterwards more southerly, a fire started in Quampacha Bottom, on Dr. Fisher’s Road, so called, and about one mile in from the highway leading to West Tisbury, and soon gathering headway begun a career of galloping destruction through the Bottom lands for some three miles, coming out on the Vineyard Haven road at various points between the Jeremiah Weeks farm, now owned by David S. Beetle, and a point to the north of Wilbur’s corner.

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Firefighters Respond to Small Blaze at Newes Pub

Edgartown firefighters were called out to the Newes pub Monday night for what turned out to be a small fire outside the downtown restaurant. No one was hurt.

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Oak Bluffs Firefighters Quickly Put Out Boat Fire

A 24-foot powerboat caught fire in the Oak Bluffs harbor just off East Chop Drive early Tuesday, unleashing large plumes of smoke and an array of sirens.

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Small Restaurant Fire, Large Traffic Jam Near Five Corners Tuesday
Holly Pretsky

A small cooking explosion at Vineyard Carribbean Cuisine drew a full emergency response on Tuesday afternoon, snarling traffic at Five Corners.

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Oak Bluffs Wharf is Kindled into Destructive Fire
Joseph Chase Allen
A spectacular blaze, the cause of which is not definitely determined, destroyed the freight she and outer end of the Oak Bluffs steamboat wharf late Wednesday afternoon, involving a loss of property owned by Vincent’s Fish Market, on the dock property, the value of which was set at $30,000 and a loss to the Steamship Authority, covered by insurance, not yet even approximated. The fish market equipment was uninsured, according to David Vincent, the proprietor.
 
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West Tisbury Home Is Total Loss from Fire
Holly Pretsky

A home off Old County Road in West Tisbury was destroyed in a Saturday morning fire. No one was hurt.

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Island Community Rallies in Wake of Flat Point Farm Fire
Holly Pretsky

In the days following the fire at Flat Point Farm, the Island community responded with multiple deliveries of hay and feed for the surviving animals, over $70,000 donated in an online fundraising drive.

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Firefighters Quell Blaze at Harbor View Hotel

Edgartown firefighters responded to a fire at the Harbor View Hotel in frigid conditions late Wednesday evening and found a stubborn blaze.

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