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| event_type | Wildfire |
|---|---|
| ncei_event_id | 379,684 |
| episode_id | 60,999 |
| begin_utc | 2012-04-09T16:00:00+00:00 |
| end_utc | 2012-04-09T17:00:00+00:00 |
| state | PENNSYLVANIA |
| cz_type | Z |
| cz_name | DELAWARE |
| deaths_direct | 0 |
| deaths_indirect | 0 |
| injuries_direct | 0 |
| injuries_indirect | 0 |
| damage_property | 10.00K |
| damage_crops | 0.00K |
| wfo_source | Newspaper |
| episode_narrative | The strong northwest winds on the 9th combined with the recent unseasonably dry weather caused the rapid spread of wildfires and other fires in Eastern Pennsylvania. By far the largest wildfire was the Hopewell Fire in French Creek Park along the Berks and Chester County borders which consumed 741 acres. The fire damaged intermediate tree species like birches the most. The avian population was believed to have been hard hit because of the nesting sites. The fire started around Noon EDT on the 9th in Union Township, Berks County and spread into Warwick Township in Chester County. Flames from the fire reached up to thirty feet into the air. Firefighters protected structures along Shed, Hopewell and Sycamore Roads. This included International Fireworks on Sycamore Road. The residents of approximately twenty homes evacuated around the fireworks factory on the 9th and returned on the 10th. Tankers and helicopters were used to battle the blaze. There were three reported injuries battling the blaze. The fire was 80 percent contained at 835 a.m. EDT on the 10th, 95 percent contained at 7 p.m. EDT on the 10th and totally contained on April 11th. It was believed that dead tree debris from the late October 2011 snow storm provided additional fuel for the fire. ||In Delaware County, a residential structure was destroyed by a nearby brush fire. In Northampton County, a brush fire consumed seven acres on Quiet Valley Road in Upper Mount Bethel. Because of the unseasonably dry weather many municipalities in Eastern Pennsylvania enacted outdoor burning bans. |
| year | 2,012 |
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