The large brush fire near Jim Thorpe in Carbon County spread to 560 acres and drew a massive firefighting response of more than 100 people.

The brush fire that started over the weekend near Bear Mountain and Jim Thorpe is about 95% contained, officials said Thursday.

Smoke and Fire. That's been the reality of life around Jim Thorpe since Saturday afternoon when a brush fire started burning on Bear Mountain just southeast of the town, blanketing the town in an ...

The Packerton Fire, which is also known as the Jim Thorpe Fire or Bear Mountain Fire, set 426 acres ablaze and is 15% contained, according to USA TODAY's wildfire data. The fire is burning east of ...

Monday night closed out day three of a large brush fire in the Jim Thorpe area. Officials say it broke out on Bear Mountain on Saturday, and it's now up to more than 560 acres — but much of that ...

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.

A large brush fire on Bear Mountain in the Jim Thorpe area of Carbon County is 95% contained, a state lawmaker serving the area said Thursday. The Easton-based Delaware and Lehigh National ...

The Carbon County Hall of Sports Hall of Fame committee will hold its 2025 induction dinner and program on Sunday, May 25, at ...

THAT’S CONTINUING TO CAUSE SOME CONCERN. TONIGHT, THIS BRUSH FIRE YOU SEE HERE IS BURNING PARTS OF BEAR MOUNTAIN FROM WESTPORT TO JIM THORPE, SPREADING OVER ABOUT 460 ACRES. SO A LARGE SWATH OF ...

JIM THORPE, Pa. - A large brush fire in Jim Thorpe has now been burning for more than 24 hours. It is a brush fire in the area of Bear Mountain involving around 600 acres. Lexi Sterling said she ...

A wildfire that started Saturday in the Jim Thorpe area of Carbon County continued ... local fire crews have been tackling the blaze on Bear Mountain along the Lehigh River on the ground and ...

A wildfire that burned over 500 acres of land between Jim Thorpe and Franklin and Mahoning townships last month is carrying over a half million dollar price tag for fire response, Carbon County ...