Gov. Maura Healey on Tuesday urged Massachusetts residents to “simply use common sense” in conserving water and not fuel the growing fire risk as winds and severe drought conditions do just that.

Healey spoke to reporters in Middleton, Essex County, flanked by environmental and fire officials, about the state of Massachusetts’ wildfires.

Last month he saw a 1,200% increase in wildfires across the state.

Instead of the average of 15 typically seen in October, Healey said there were 280. November has already seen a “ten-fold increase in wildfires than average,” Healey said.

So far in November, there have been 261 fires, said Dave Celino, the Department of Conservation and Recreation’s chief fire officer.

“It just speaks to the gravity of this moment, how extreme the situation is and the incredible work these men and women have had to do for days to work to keep our communities safe,” Healey told reporters.

Three Massachusetts firefighters were injured, along with a New York firefighter who was killed fighting the Empire State blaze, Healey said.

“I’m still here today to speak directly to the audience,” she continued. “To inform the public that a lot of these fires that we’re seeing — they’re caused by human behavior, okay? Now is not the time to burn the leaves. Now is not the time to go outside and light a fire in the back and sit around one of our stoves. It’s just not that time.”

She urged Massachusetts residents to also conserve water as drought conditions in the state worsen.

Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs announced last week that western Massachusetts is in significant drought, while most of central and eastern Massachusetts, except Cape Cod, is in critical drought.

“I mean, I’m asking the public to conserve water right now because we need it to put out the fires,” Healey said. “It’s really important for people to do things like run their dishwasher less often, make sure you only run the washing machine at full capacity. Take shorter showers.”

Strong gusts of wind also fueled the fires, with the National Weather Service warning of wind gusts of 35 mph in each of the red flag warnings. Healey reiterated that warning and that “any fire in the open is likely to spread and spread quickly and be very difficult to extinguish.”

“The current weather conditions, as you can see,” Healey said as winds blew his hair back, “present a very difficult situation and we continue to face a severe fire risk in Massachusetts.”

With outdoor fires banned, Healey urged residents to “please everyone, just use common sense and not contribute to creating risks. No fire pits, no charcoal grill, no burning leaves, nothing to spark right now. Let’s do it, let’s work to make (firefighters’) jobs less difficult.”

State Fire Marshal Jon Davine praised firefighters for their work in an “unprecedented fire season.”

“If you see smoke or fire nearby, call 911 immediately,” Davine said. “The sooner we hear about a fire, the sooner we have a chance to put it out.”

Celino warned of fatigue among firefighters and firefighters as they keep up with growing fires.

All the fires were human-caused, “there were no lightning systems in the area in October and November and that’s the natural cause of wildfires,” he said.

“If you leave a campfire unattended, there’s no question under these conditions that it will escape, it will affect the fire department of the city and the resources of the state that you see here,” Celino said.