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The brush fire that started over the weekend near Bear Mountain and Jim Thorpe is about 95% contained, officials said ...
Firefighting crews from across the state have converged on what is now a wildfire burning on a mountainside near Jim Thorpe.
A brush fire that broke out Saturday afternoon has spread to about 260 acres along Bear Mountain near Jim Thorpe in Carbon County.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. - 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 ...