Wildfire In Western Md. State Forest Could Burn For Days
BLOOMINGTON, Md. (AP) -- A wildfire in western Maryland has prompted officials to close a section of the Big Savage Trail in the Savage River State Forest.
State Forest Service Fire Supervisor Monte Mitchell said Friday that crews have dug a containment line around a 100-acre section of remote, steep terrain that includes the fire.
He says the fire has burned 30 to 40 acres since Tuesday. Mitchell says it will keep burning until there's significant rainfall.
The fire is about a mile southeast of the Savage River Dam in a part of the South Savage Wildlands area called Coleman Hollow. It's several miles from the unincorporated community of Bloomington, and about 15 miles south of Frostburg.
Mitchell says people should avoid the area.
The fire was first reported Thursday by the Cumberland Times-News.
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