Joshua Blanchard, 6, helps his mother Mariah Mears and her partner Tom Leonard gather branches to add to the brush pile they were burning at their home in Lyme, N.H., on Monday, June 29, 2020. The couple said they have been waiting for weeks for rain to burn the pile. They set it off during a heavy rain.  (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
Joshua Blanchard, 6, helps his mother Mariah Mears and her partner Tom Leonard gather branches to add to the brush pile they were burning at their home in Lyme, N.H., on Monday, June 29, 2020. The couple said they have been waiting for weeks for rain to burn the pile. They set it off during a heavy rain. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. Credit: valley news โ€” Jennifer Hauck