Comment on Brush fires rage from one end of Maine to the other. But the woodchuck got away.

A string of wildfires starting on Saturday and culminating with 13 reported fires before 4 p.m. Monday have area fire chiefs encouraging residents to be cautions with outdoor burns. A fire started by a farm employee attempting to burn a woodchuck out of a hole in the ground at Cooper Farms grew to nearly two acres Saturday, Monmouth Fire Chief Dan Roy said Monday. “Did you ever see the movie ‘Caddyshack’?” Roy asked. The department called in mutual aid from Leeds and Wales, drawing about 30 firefighters in total before the blaze was extinguished. But, Roy said, “The woodchuck apparently got away.” On Sunday, a brush fire burned off Route 202 in Greene, and a structure fire ignited in Leeds. By 3 p.m.