2 firefighters injured as Massachusetts wildfires scorch hundreds of acres [Video]

TED. HEY, BEN. WE’VE BEEN WITH CREWS IN MIDDLETON NORTH ANDOVER AS WELL AS HERE IN LYNN. NOW BEHIND ME, THIS IS THE 10TH FAIRWAY OF THE GANNON MUNICIPAL COURSE. WE DON’T NORMALLY COVER WILDFIRES ON A GOLF COURSE, BUT HERE WE ARE. WE’RE GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME HOTSPOTS THAT THEY WERE PUTTING OUT ON THE COURSE EARLIER TODAY. NOW, SOME HOLES, INCLUDING 15 AND 16, WERE CLOSED FOR A TIME ON SUNDAY DUE TO THE FIRES ALONG THE COURSE. THIS COURSE ABUTS THE LYNN WOODS. CREWS HAVE BEEN IN THIS AREA FOR DAYS, BATTLING OVER 400 ACRES OF WILDFIRES, EVEN GOLF AND MAINTENANCE CREWS HAVE BEEN PART OF THIS BATTLE. THIS WAS BURNING ALL THE WAY UP HERE, YOU KNOW, VERY TALL. AND IT’S THE ONLY THING LEFT THAT’S GOING TO BLOW OVER AND JUMP THE GOLF COURSE. NOW, THESE ARE PHOTOS FROM GOLFERS ON THE COURSE SUNDAY. …