GILFORD — Firefighters from eight towns fought a fast moving brush fire beyond the last house on Belknap Mountain Road for more than three hours yesterday.
Deputy Fire Chief Brad Ober said the fire was reported by the Belknap Fire Tower around 3 p.m. Gilford firefighters arrived to find the fire, pushed by a strong wind, climbing a steep slope, and called a second alarm. He said that crews from Laconia, Belmont, Alton, Gilmanton, Tilton-Northfield, Sanbornton and Meredith responded. "We were light on manpower and it looked like it would run on us," Ober said. "We used everyone who was there."
Ober said that the fire burned more than acre and may have started from embers remaining from when a homeowner burned brush the night before.
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