Multiple brush fires along Route 7 in Brookfield have been extinguished.  Both volunteer fire companies responded to the area just south of exit 12 yesterday afternoon.  Fire officials say a cigar was found among the pile of burned brush.  Responding crews extinguished “multiple spot fires” along the highway.  The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection previously issued a warning of increased forest fire danger due to below-average rainfall.  Crews were on scene for about half an hour.