A wildfire in Castine has now burned for three days in a row as it persists in the undergrowth and tree roots of more than three acres of woodland near the Penobscot town line.

The fire is about a mile south of the intersection of Route 166A and Route 199, locally known as Castine Road and Dunbar Road, respectively.

More than a dozen local fire departments have helped fight it, along with state forest rangers and other organizations.

Without them, “this fire could have been much more serious, dangerous, and out of control,” Town Manager Derik Goodine said on the town’s Facebook page Thursday.

A “ground fire,” it is smoldering mostly underground and occasionally flaring up, according to Goodine. Ground fires can move slowly beneath the forest floor and are often more difficult to

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