The heat and humidity mixed with smoke resulted in a "code orange" alert for Philly and its suburban counties.

Pennsylvania had 1,460 wildfires last year, which burned 3,277 acres, caused 14 injures and two deaths and destroyed 37 structures, according to a DCNR report.

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The William Penn Forest district covers all of the Pennsylvania counties in our region, except Philadelphia. There were 25 more wildfires in this area last year compared to 2023.

Pennsylvania had 1,460 wildfires last year, which burned 3,277 acres, caused 14 injures and two deaths and destroyed 37 structures, according to a DCNR report.

Pennsylvania last year saw more than twice as many wildfires as had been normal for the 21st century, according to DCNR. The 1,371 wildfires in 2021 was down from the 1,507 that burned the state ...