OHIOPYLE Crews were still working Friday morning to contain a forest fire that spread through parts of Ohiopyle State Park, although park officials said that most of it had been contained by noon.
Park officials said that 80% of the fire in the Victoria Flats area had been contained as of about 11 a.m. Friday, and crews were working to extinguish the remaining areas, according to a post on the parkâs Facebook page.
The fire was reported about 5 p.m. and burned roughly 200 acres of land, according to published reports. No buildings or structures are believed to be damaged. The state Bureau of Forestry and at least eight local volunteer fire departments responded to help park staff battle the blaze, according to the Facebook post.
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Clare Kaczmarek photo
Latrobe resident Clare Kaczmarek’s photo from Ohiopyle State park won the Judges’ Choice award in the “Motion” category of the Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation’s 2019 “Through the Seasons” photo contest.
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Shutterbugs and tunesmiths have an opportunity to use their skills to help salute the 50th anniversary of Pennsylvania’s Environmental Rights Amendment.
The nonprofit Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation has announced a new contest as it searches for an original song that best reflects the writer’s sentiments about the landmark amendment to the state constitution.
McKean County
Prior to the 2003 tornado that took out the middle section of the structure, the Kinzua Bridge was a 300-foot-tall, 2,052-foot-long trestle bridge that was a connection point for the local railroad across Kinzua Creek. Sensing that it wasn’t economically viable to rebuild the bridge, the state has turned the site into a tourist destination where visitors can walk to the end of the bridge and view the expansive surroundings from the glass-floored observation deck.
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Allie Volpe is a writer based in Philadelphia. She hasn t slept in days. Follow her on Twitter @allieevolpe.
While 2020’s attendance at Ohiopyle wasn’t officially a park record, it was significantly higher than previous years, and one of the busiest in the past two decades, according to longtime