6 days ago · Ruth Ann Bramich’s husband Mike woke her at 11 p.m. Sunday as flames from the wildfire were getting too close for comfort to their Silk Street home. They called 9-1-1 and started to hose down the house and the yard where ashes were flying from the more than 460-acre fire which started Saturday ...

5 days ago · A wildfire in Pennsylvania has burned hundreds of acres as firefighters work to contain it. The Packerton Fire, which is also known as the Jim Thorpe Fire or Bear Mountain Fire, set 426 acres ...

6 days ago · A wildfire burns the night of Saturday, April 19, 2025, on Bear Mountain along the Lehigh River in the Jim Thorpe area of Carbon County. Mike Nester | lehighvalleylive.com contributor

5 days ago · 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 ...

5 days ago · Firefighters have almost fully contained a wildfire that broke out over the weekend on Bear Mountain on the outskirts of Jim Thorpe in Carbon County. The fire had reached about 560 acres and was 95% contained as of Thursday morning, according to Wesley Robinson, a spokesperson for the Pennsylvania ...

3 days ago · 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 95% contained. Sixty personnel are assigned to the incident, which is a decrease from 96 personnel ...

5 days ago · JIM THORPE, Pa. – 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 ...

Apr 19, 2025 · JIM THORPE, Pa. - Firefighters are continuing to battle a large brush fire that broke out on Saturday in Jim Thorpe. Officials say that multiple fire departments from all over the area have been ...

6 days ago · Bright-burning flames could be seen scattered all across the mountain in Jim Thorpe. What started as a small fire at the base of Bear Mountain quickly traveled up to the ridge and evolved into a...

6 days ago · A wildfire sweeping through Lehighton and Jim Thorpe wooded areas has now consumed 600 acres, a DCNR spokesman said Sunday night. Jake Novitsky, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources fire forester, said because of the dry conditions and the lack of rain in the forecast, he ...