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Forest fire burns on South Mountain in York County WGAL News 8 Updated: 6:42 PM EDT Mar 15, 2021 WGAL News 8 Updated: 6:42 PM EDT Mar 15, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript YORK-CUMBERLAND COUNTY LINE. WGAL NEWS 8’S ED WEINSTOCK REPORTS ON THE CONTINUING EFFORT TO CONTAIN IT. ED: WE ARE STANDING ON CHARRED GROUND ON TOP OF SOUTH MOUNTAIN AND THE AREA BEHIND THE WAS ON FIRE. 144 ACRES IN ALL ACCORDING TO FIREFIGHTING CREWS. AS SEEN FROM AIRVIEW 8, EFFORTS CONTINUED MONMDAY TO CONTAIN THE FIRE ON THE YORK COUNTY CUMBERLAND COUNTY LINE. HOT SPOTS WERE TARGETED. WE WERE MAKING SURE THE FIRE STAYS IN THE CONTAINMENT LINES. OBVIOUSLY WE DO NOT WANT TO GET BIGGER. ED: FIRE CREWS BELIEVE THE FIRE STARTED AT CAMP TUCKAHOE, A BOY SCOUT CAMP OUTSIDE DILLSBURG. A STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE BOYSCOUTS SAYS QUICK WORK BY FIREFIGHTERS SAVED ALL THE CAMP BUILDINGS. WAS CLOSED AT THE TIME. IT PROBABLY KILLED UNDERBRUSH, MOUNTAIN LAUREL, HUCKLEBE ....