Authorities are encouraging Madison County residents living near the boundary of Shenandoah National Park to evacuate as the Quaker Run Fire continues to jump established containment lines and expand.
Trails near the fire have been closed, power has been cut in central parts of the park and smoke has been spreading as far north as Strasburg, south as Charlottesville and east as Culpeper.
A local state of emergency has been declared in Madison County.
Read the full story in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
