SALEM, Mass. (WWLP) - The dry conditions mean we are still at an elevated risk for brush fires. Crews put out brush fire on Granby Road in Chicopee In Salem, a large brush fire has been burning since Saturday night, snarling traffic during the peak tourism season in the city as Halloween approaches. The fire is burning off Highland Avenue, behind a Walmart store. As of the last update on Sunday, flames have spread over at least 100 acres. Fire officials say that they're using helicopter water drops, MEMA assets, and mutual aid from surrounding cities and towns to fight the fire, but they are saying that they expect the fire to continue for some time. Local News Headlines Police investigating crash on East Hawley Road in Hawley Two men found dead at Cape Cod beach Officials investigating deadly brush fire in Millbury Middleton brush fire expected to burn for multiple days WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on WWLP.com.