The afternoon of November second a brush fire erupted along the border between Northampton and Carbon county. As of the fourth, two hundred plus  acres of conservation, farm, and wilderness, land has been scorched. Fire departments out of Lehigh, Carbon, Northampton, and Monroe county have responded to the fires with support from the community and aircraft. With success on the eastern front of the fires.

The fires are expected to burn for at least a further four days, with a weather estimate from an ABC news station saying fires may continue as long as the eleventh(next Monday) without rain.

The timing of such a large fire is not coincidence. This past October has been THE driest month on record for the Lehigh valley, with less than a fifth of an inch of rain across the Lehigh valley in 31 days!

“We haven’t seen a fire comparable to this size in many, many years. We just happen to fall in the right weather conditions”—  Asst. Chief Brian Krische of Lehigh Township Fire Department originally published by local ABC news station WNEP

Other environmental factors including humidity and wind speed have also been similarly high risk factors, as the windswept valley bunches dry leaves into perfect fire starting conditions.