2nd Day Of Battle Waged Against 150-Acre Blaze

The Cobham Hill Road fire in Watson Township settled down some overnight, but it was still burning on Friday.

The wildfire was up to an estimated 150 acres – including consumed and involved – as of Friday afternoon.

As of Friday afternoon, there had been no injuries and no buildings damaged as a result of the fire.

“The folks did an excellent job yesterday doing structure protection,” Public Information Officer Wayne Wynick, working for the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Incident Management Team, said. “That’s a priority.”

There have been some impacts to residents in the area of the fire. “There are a couple of folks that cannot get back to their homes, yet,” Wynick said.

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