FAYETTE COUNTY, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A fire currently burning in the New River Gorge has spread to approximately 150 acres, and is expected to grow.
According to officials with the New River Gorge National Park & Preserve, the fire is being called the Steep Valley Fire and it is located along Backus Mountain in Fayette County near Quinnimont.
It is currently estimated at 150 acres and is expected to grow.
Currently, crews from New River Gorge National Park & Preserve are working with a National Park Service (NPS) crew from Indiana Dunes, a Forest Service crew from Wayne National Forest in Ohio, and a state crew from Pennsylvania.
Park officials say that they are also expecting a crew from Monongahela National Forest.
The only closure within the park currently is War Ridge Campground.
LOOTPRESS will continue to update this story as it develops.