CFD Responds to Grass/Woods Fire on Giffin Road

The Canton Fire Department was dispatched by St. Lawrence County Central Dispatch at 1545 hours for a reported grass fire on the Giffin Road spreading into the woods. Engine 6 was enroute at 1551 and arrived on scene at 1600 hours to find fire spreading across an open field and into a wooded area leading to a large swamp. Canton firefighters, assisted by firefighters from Pierrepont Fire, worked the leading edge of the fire to prevent it from spreading to the swamp. The fire was brought under control using pump packs, rakes, a handline, and alot of manual labor. All units were back in service at 1711 hours. No cause or origin was able to be determined as there was no apparent ignition source. This location had been the scene of a similar large grass fire last spring.