2 fires burn 200 acres in Pa., arson suspected

SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) - April 5, 2010

Authorities say firefighters battled one brush fire apparently started by a campfire on Saturday outside Scranton. But a second fire started Sunday may be a case of arson.

No injuries were reported and no homes or businesses were threatened by the fires. The second blaze was expected to die out Monday morning.

Department of Conservation and Natural Resources fire inspector Jerry Barone says both fires remain under investigation. But vandalism to a tanker truck stuck in the woods following the first fire leads him to suspect the second fire was intentionally set.

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