Firefighters have almost fully contained a wildfire that broke out over the weekend on Bear Mountain on the outskirts of Jim ...

The Packerton Fire, which is also known as the Jim Thorpe Fire or Bear Mountain Fire, set 426 acres ablaze and is 15% ...

For the past week, nine volunteers from the Crawford-Erie County Wildland Fire Crew have been fighting the wildfire in Jim ...

Officials with the Department of Natural Resources say what a difference a day makes the smoke has cleared in many parts of ...

The National Weather Service is warning of “an increased risk” for rapid wildfire spread across New Jersey and eastern ...

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 ...

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 ...

Officials also said during a Wednesday update that this could end up being the largest wildfire in New Jersey in 20 years.

The PA Bureau of Forestry Incident Management team sent an update on day five of the large wildfire near Jim Thorpe in Carbon ...

Firefighting crews from across the state have converged on what is now a wildfire burning on a mountainside near Jim Thorpe.

As crews work to contain the Carbon County wildfire, officials say you might see more smoke and burns on Tuesday as crews use ...

Crews continue to battle the wildfire in the Jim Thorpe area. It is now 66% contained after burning 560 acres.