Firefighters battling 260-acre forest fire

CARBON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — According to a Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) spokesperson, crews are still on-scene battling a brush fire that started Saturday afternoon.

Jake Novitsky, spokesperson for the DCNR, stated that, a brush fire broke out near the Jim Thorpe market around 4:30 p.m. Saturday along Bear Mountain.

Since then, crews have been working around the clock to get the fire under control…

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