NEWS RELEASES
Editor's Note: This news item was retrieved and first published through WHSV 3's website.
A part of Shenandoah National Park caught fire in the Furnace Mountain area, on friday afternoon. Staff must be prepared at all times as the park goes into spring fire season. To get ready for spring fire season, Shenandoah National Park hires additional seasonal firefighters according to Sally Hurlbert, with Shenandoah National Park.
WHSV 3 writer, Cayley Urenko, covers in her article, "Hurlbert said the area of the fire on Furnace Mountain was a hike for firefighters to get to. She said firefighters decided to hike down to the fire from Skyline Drive and later had their vehicles moved to the park boundaries, so they only had to travel downhill." Hurlbert said an estimated two to three acres burned, which contained mostly leaf litter. Trail closures were in effect are Furnace Mountain Trail, Trayfoot Mountain Trail, and Madison Run Fire Road, but Hurlbert said those trails should be back open very shortly.
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