PONCA, Ark. (AP) — The National Park Service says firefighters are battling a forest fire in a wilderness area of the Buffalo National River in north Arkansas.
A news release said that the fire Thursday was human-caused, and under investigation.
The park service said the blaze was in the Ponca Wilderness Area northeast of the Newton County community of that name. That wilderness area includes some of the most spectacular features of the park, including Big Bluff and the Hemmed-in Hollow waterfall.
The agency said U.S. Forest Service crews were fighting the fire, along with personnel of the Compton Volunteer Fire Department. The release said two trails in the wilderness area were closed to hiking because of the fire — the Center Point trail to Sneed Creek and the Chimney Rock trail.
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