VIDEOS: Two wildfires in Pennsylvania’s Michaux State Forest in Cumberland County have scorched more than 2,700 acres, but crews “did a lot of good work” Friday and got some help from the weather, according to the state Bureau of Forestry. The two fires are being called the Thompson Hollow Fire and the Hammond’s Rock Fire. “[Friday’s] weather was drastically different. We’ve had lower temperatures, higher relative humidity. All in all, it’s been a good day in terms of firefighting,” Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources spokesperson Josh Thompson said.
“The weather sort of moderated the growth of the fire and the intensity of the fire. It helped fire crews to get out there and get a lot of work done with the fire intensity down.” Thompson said crews were able to get a lot of control lines in place. “That’s how we fight fire. We find a hard place where we can stop it, and then we work to contain it from there,” he said. Firefighters also did some backfiring operations.
