Barely two weeks after snow melts, and with temperatures still cool, wildfire breaks out along Appalachian Trail Maryland

heraldmailmedia.com
Sun, 06 Apr 2014 13:04 UTC

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A wildfire in the area of the Appalachian Trail northeast of Boonsboro Sunday afternoon scorched about two acres, according to emergency rescue officials.

The fire, which was reported at 12:48 p.m, occurred near Annapolis Rocks, a popular resting spot along the Appalachian Trail that features a camping ground.

Firefighters brought the blaze under control and by 3 p.m., they were "mopping up hot spots," according to a Washington County 911 supervisor.

Six fire companies, Boonsboro's ambulance company and Maryland State Department of Natural Resources' forest rangers responded to the fire, a 911 supervisor said. The fire companies were from Mount Aetna; Boonsboro; Smithsburg; Funkstown; Wolfsville, Md.; and Myersville, Md.

Comment: There was another recent wildfire in Rockingham County, North Carolina... despite there being snow on the ground until last week! This one near Asheville, North Carolina was blamed on lightning, but can that spark a fire in wet, cool conditions?