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The Packerton Fire, which is also known as the Jim Thorpe Fire or Bear Mountain Fire, set 426 acres ablaze and is 15% ...
Firefighters have almost fully contained a wildfire that broke out over the weekend on Bear Mountain on the outskirts of Jim ...
Officials with the Department of Natural Resources say what a difference a day makes the smoke has cleared in many parts of ...
For the past week, nine volunteers from the Crawford-Erie County Wildland Fire Crew have been fighting the wildfire in Jim ...
A robust 560-acre wildfire that burst into flames Saturday afternoon on Bear Mountain in Jim Thorpe and Franklin and Mahoning townships is almost extinguished. As of Thursday morning, the wildfire is ...
The intense wildfire that ignited Saturday afternoon on Bear Mountain in Jim Thorpe and Franklin and Mahoning townships is 100% contained nearly a week later. Fire officials said 560 acres were lost ...
As crews work to contain the Carbon County wildfire, officials say you might see more smoke and burns on Tuesday as crews use ...
JIM THORPE, Pa. — It's an around the clock effort by crews from the Bureau of Forestry to get the wildfire on Bear Mountain under control. The fire in the Jim Thorpe area sparked saturday afternoon.
With the wildfire going on, a nonprofit called Save Carbon County is handing out purple air quality monitors to people in Jim ...
Firefighters continued Wednesday to battle a wildfire that broke out over the weekend on Bear Mountain on the outskirts of Jim Thorpe in Carbon County, forcing officials to close part of a well-used ...