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USDA Forest Service says fire activity is projected to stay minimal given the weather forecast. But firefighters will continue to monitor the area over the next few days.
Allegheny National Forest firefighters continue to work a 62-acre wildfire that broke out in the area of Sugar Bay. A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers boat ferri
bferry@timesobserver.com The fire danger sign at the Allegheny National Forest headquarters indicates a âlowâ level of danger on Monday. There have already been several confirmed vegetation fires in the county this month. Times Observer photo by Brian Ferry There is still snow on the ground in some places, but wildfire season is under way. County departments were called out to respond to three different confirmed vegetation fires in the span of one-and-a-half hours Sunday. “The spring season – March through May – is when Pennsylvania faces its greatest danger of wildfires,” ...