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- A portable water tank is set up for firefighters battling a woods fire on Mountain View Drive in Hartford on Tuesday afternoon. (Marianne Hutchinson/Rumford Falls Times)
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- Firefighters use a portable water tank to battle a forest fire on Mountain View Drive in Hartford on Tuesday. (Marianne Hutchinson/Rumford Falls Times)
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- A Paris Fire Department tanker travels up Mountain View Drive in Hartford during a woods fire Tuesday. (Marianne Hutchinson/Rumford Falls Times)
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- A firefighter is given intravenous fluids at the scene of a forest fire on Mountain View Drive in Hartford on Tuesday. (Marianne Hutchinson/Rumford Falls Times)
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- Firetrucks and emergency vehicles park in a field on Mountain View Drive in Hartford during a woods fire Tuesday. (Marianne Hutchinson/Rumford Falls Times)
HARTFORD — A Tuesday afternoon fire off Mountain View Drive burned more than 2 acres of woods, according to Canton Fire Chief Jason Vaughan.
He said no buildings or other structures were involved in the fire that was called in about 2:30 p.m.
The fire was knocked down by 9 p.m. Tuesday, but Vaughan said crews would be going back to the scene Wednesday to investigate.
Mike Darling, who was at the fire scene, said he owns most of the property that burned. He said he was in Winthrop when his brother called to inform him of the blaze.
Firefighters from Canton, Sumner, Turner, Hebron, Norway, Paris, West Paris and Buckfield were called to battle the flames. The Maine Forestry Service also assisted.
The forest fire danger in Oxford County was moderate Tuesday, according to the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry.
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