Melrose, Gloucester Take on Fires

Bostonist may have thought it's been raining a lot lately, especially after driving through a torrential downpour on Saturday, but some parts of Massachusetts are dealing with, or worried about, brush fires. Melrose firefighters fought a brush fire on Mount Hood for much of Tuesday afternoon. The wooded, sloped terrain around the of Mount Hood Golf Course hampered efforts to stop the fire. Gloucester closed all of its public woods indefinitely due to fears that "dry air and low humidity" could cause forest fires. The closure is in effect until "heavy rain" falls for at least three consecutive days.