ENFIELD, CT (WFSB) -
A large brush fire burning at Enfield's transfer station kept firefighters busy all day on Thursday.
The fire started at a landfill on Town Farm Road shortly after midnight, sending smoke spiraling high into the air. In fact, it wasn't just nearby neighbors who could smell it, but it even made its way across the border into Massachusetts.
"You could definitely smell it," said Enfield resident Becky Byron. It was a strong smell, like a campfire that someone didn't put out and let smolder."
Except what Byron and her family were smelling, wasn't a campfire. Rather it was huge piles of trees and brush 15- to 20-feet-hight and 100-feet-deep.
Deputy Fire Chief Paul Januszewski, snapped some pictures of the orange glow, which quickly turned into a tower of smoke. As the fire burned and smoldered throughout the morning people in Springfield, MA, even reported smelling the smoke.
Crews spent the day spraying the piles with water and using front end loaders to break up the brush and the embers burning inside.
Januszewski said crews have been to the transfer station five times in the past two weeks and said the recent warm weather and lack of rain only adds to the problem of brush fires.
With the smoke rising, the town sent out a number of alerts to let residents know what was going on. Januszewski said smoke poses no real danger, since its just wood that's burning, no garbage or plastic, but he adds if you have asthma, you might want to stay inside.
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