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Wildfire near Ohiopyle scorches 200 acres in state park


OHIOPYLE – Eric Martin was driving up Sugarloaf Road to go mountain biking late Thursday afternoon when he noticed a haze in the air and the unmistakable stench of a wildfire in the forest around Ohiopyle State Park.
As co-owner of Falls City Pub restaurant and Wilderness Voyageurs located on the northern side of the Youghiogheny River, he wondered if his businesses could be in danger and began looking for a plume of smoke.
Moments later, the Ohiopyle-Stewart Volunteer Fire Department’s whistle began blaring, confirming his fears of a wildfire somewhere in the 20,500-acre park.
His heart sunk when he soon learned the fire originated on the northern side of the river and was only about 3½ miles away from his businesses as it was slowly creeping toward them. It eventually jumped a ridge, he said, and moved about two miles from the borough. ....

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