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.
Dukes County has issued a ban on outdoor open flames until Nov. 22 due to a statewide drought.
Less than a month after a fire sent contaminated smoke billowing throughout the Havenside elderly housing complex in Vineyard Haven, nearly all of the displaced residents have returned — though most of their belongings are gone forever.
A fire last week at the JWL Transport junkyard remains is being considered suspicious, a fire official said Wednesday.
Oak Bluffs firefighters were called to the scene at 9:08 p.m. when a witness reported a large explosion and flames billowing from the property, located off County Road and Pennsylvania avenue.
A witness saw smoke coming from a work van parked at 79 Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road around 9:15 p.m. Wednesday. The flames then spread to a second van and then to the building.
The proposal would have turned a trail in the Wapatequa Woods Reservation into a “firebreak,” meant to improve vehicle accessibility at the property in case of a wildfire. Officials felt the plan didn't fit the conditions of the property.
