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Originally Posted by dippasan
I'm curious if there's any updates on the fires on Sleepers island.
Was there a response from Alton FD? Was it contained?
Any info would be appreciated.
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According to what I heard on the scanner during the fire, four towns responded: Gilford, Alton, Wolfeboro and Tuftonboro. The fire was fairly quickly contained by water pumped by the Gilford and Alton boats through hoses hauled onto the land, but the FD crews spent another hour or so soaking the entire area to ensure no embers could re-ignite. The FD crews were told by someone on the island that a property owner had been burning brush the previous weekend on the land where the fire originated. Without the quick work of the FD crews this fire could have been very bad, as the wind last Monday was strong and gusty. Fortunately, it appears no buildings were damaged.