The Quaker Run Fire has entered Shenandoah National Park.
What began as a 20-acre brush fire off Quaker Run Road near the village of Syria in Madison County on Oct. 24 now covers more than 780 acres, 50 of which were within the national park as of Thursday morning.
Officials with the Virginia Department of Forestry say the blaze could ultimately span a 1,600-acre footprint, all within a containment line constructed around the fire.
Read the full story in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
