From staff reports
The USDA Forest Service announced that as of 2 p.m. Wednesday, the Sugar Bay Wildfire in Allegheny National Forest was estimated at 62 acres and was 90% contained, according to a Forest Service news release.
The wildfire is in the Bradford Ranger District and is burning on Forest Service land on the eastern side of Allegheny Reservoir, just north of Sugar Bay and west of Polly’s Run.
Allegheny National Forest staff are engaged in suppressing hot spots on the interior of the fire, the release said. The Glade Volunteer Fire Department and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are providing boat operators and boats to ferry wildland firefighters to the scene.
The Forest Service is asking the public to stay out of the fire area, use vehicle headlights and extreme caution when driving on smoke-covered roadways, and yield the right-of-way to responding fire equipment. No evacuations have been ordered and no structures have been directly threatened by the wildfire, the release said.
The cause of the fire is under investigation by the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources — Bureau of Forestry.
