09/04/2014 - Around 1700 hours on the afternoon of Thursday, September 4, 2014 the Whitman Fire Department responded to the area of the Hanson town line on Plymouth Street (Route-58) for a reported outside fire. Whitman Car-3 and Engine-2 responded. Companies arrived to find an area of brush burning quite a way into the wooded area near Rye Hill Street in Whitman, and Litchfield Terrace in Hanson. Whitman Forest Fire-1 was requested, along with brush units from Hanson, and the DCR State Forestry Patrol. An estimated area of over an acre of brush was burning off of Rye Hill Street. Crews utilized access through a house on Plymouth Street that had a path leading to the fire location. The Massachusetts State Police helicopter Air-4 was overhead assisting with size estimates of the fire, and direction of travel. Crews worked for over an hour to knock down the fire, in an area that is not known for brush fire activity. No injuries were reported.
