UPDATED: Controlled Burn Planned for May in Verona Postponed
According to the Air Force Research Laboratory, the controlled burn was "postponed due to the lack of ideal conditions."
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According to the Air Force Research Laboratory, the controlled burn was "postponed due to the lack of ideal conditions."
Elysburg, Pa. — A shoulder restriction will be in place Saturday on Route 487 in Ralpho Township for a controlled burn.
An old video of US firefighters conducting a controlled burn in a forest has resurfaced in social media posts that falsely claimed it as "proof" the Chinese Communist Party was directly responsible for fires that ravaged southwestern China in February and March 2024. The video was in fact posted two years earlier, in March 2022, by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
The Air Force Research Laboratory plans to conduct a controlled burn on 495 acres at the Verona Test Annex the week of May 5.
Interstate 40 was reopened in both directions Sunday as fire crews continued watch over a controlled burn of remaining fuel from a freight train derailment near the Arizona-New Mexico state line, a local fire chief said. “Our hazmat team is on site, along with our well-trained firefighters.” Montoya, the incident commander at the scene, said the controlled burns were still consuming remaining fuel on some cars.