North Shore Brush Fire Rages For 6 Hours In Windy Conditions

WENHAM, MA — More than a half-dozen fire crews from across the North Shore responded to a large brush fire in Wenham on Wednesday in one of the first reported significant outdoor blazes of the spring season.

Wenham Fire Chief Stephen Kavanagh said crews responded to the area of the Danvers-Wenham SwampWalk at about 3:30, where they found "an actively burning brush fire that appeared to be growing rapidly due to the winds."

The three-alarm fire required pumps and a tanker truck to attack the flames with mutual aid response from Danvers, Boxford, Topsfield, Essex, Manchester-by-the-Seat and Middleton, as well as the Massachusetts Department of Forestry.

No injuries were reported in the fire, which was contained in about six hours, with crews remaining on the scene into the night to monitor for hot spots.

Rehab 5 and Five Sons Pizza provided food and drinks to crews on-scene.

Station coverage was provided by Ipswich Fire, Peabody Fire, Salem Fire and Beauport Ambulance.

Wenham Fire returned to the scene this morning to continue to monitor any hot spots.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. X/Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)