Crews Continue to Battle Pennsylvania Wildfires
The wildfire broke out late Friday on Neversink Mountain near the outskirts of Reading, giving rise to a fast-spreading blaze driven by dry conditions and intensified by gusts of wind that peaked at 35 mph.
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Crews Sunday continued battling a wildfire that broke out late Friday on Neversink Mountain. The fast-spreading blaze was driven by dry conditions and intensified as gusts peaked at 35 miles per hour just before 2 a.m. Saturday. The windy conditions continued as firefighters worked through the day and night to contain the fire.
Crews continue to tackle Pennsylvania wildfire
"We stopped the forward spread of the fire. There is no danger of the fire leaving its footprint. Where it is at, it will not move anymore, there is no open flames. We are working to make sure everything is mopped up," said Todd Breininger with the DCNR Incident Management Team.
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