A large brush fire on Sunday afternoon, brought fire fighting crews to Berkshire Road in Newtown… between Sherman Street and Zoar Road. Responding crews found that the wind was driving the flames up the hill. The fire burned about five acres before it was under control. The first responders got there around !;30 Sunday afternoon. The whole thing was over by about 4:30. As many as 70 firefighters responded, and nobody was hurt. There were no reports of any structures being damaged either, and no word on what may have sparked it.