Woman Suspected Of Starting Beach, Brush Fire Is Arrested
Police grabbed a suspect connected to one of 2020’s Milford brush fires.
On Sunday, Dec. 13, Milford Police arrested a Stratford woman on an active warrant.
Colleen Gallagher, 49, of Stratford, was taken into police custody around 9:20 p.m. Sunday.
Gallagher allegedly set the brush fire at Walnut Beach in January this year, police said.
Gallagher has been charged with reckless burning, criminal mischief in the third degree, and breach of peace in the second degree, police said.
A court date has been scheduled for Gallagher, Jan. 18, 2021.
Large Brush Fire Breaks Out In Orange County
A least a dozen fire companies have responded to a large brush fire on Lodge Mountain in Orange County that spread quickly with building winds.
The fire started Thursday afternoon, April 4, near 10 Estybrook Trail, on the mountain, said the Mountain Lodge Park Fire Company.
The department said the fire was "very large."
There was no word if homes were in the line of the fire.
Departments on the scene included Lodge Mountain, Salisbury, Blooming Gove, Washingtonville, Monroe, Maybrook, Coldenham, Goshen, Cornwall, Kiryas Joel, and Winona Lake. The state Department of Environmenta…
