The Packerton Fire, which is also known as the Jim Thorpe Fire or Bear Mountain Fire, set 426 acres ablaze and is 15% contained, according to USA TODAY's wildfire data. The fire is burning east of ...

The large brush fire near Jim Thorpe in Carbon County spread to 560 acres and drew a massive firefighting response of more than 100 people.

The brush fire that started over the weekend near Bear Mountain and Jim Thorpe is about 95% contained, officials said Thursday.

In a move to modernize local parking management and address resident suggestions, Jim Thorpe Borough officials unveiled Thursday night a proposed new online system for purchasing annual parking ...

JIM THORPE, Pa. — Smoke and Fire. That's been the reality of life around Jim Thorpe since Saturday afternoon when a brush fire started burning on Bear Mountain just southeast of the town ...

JIM THORPE, Pa. — It's an around the clock effort by crews from the Bureau of Forestry to get the wildfire on Bear Mountain under control. The fire in the Jim Thorpe area sparked saturday afternoon.