Wildfire forces evacuations in Beaver County

A wildfire in Beaver County forced evacuations and closed a portion of Highway 153 on Monday night.State wildfire officials said that the 3 Creeks Fire began around 5 p.m. along the highway “in a fuels treatment” area that included piles of dead and downed trees. The fire was unable to be burned earlier this season “due to regulations associated with COVID-19,” fire officials said on Twitter.It is not a controlled or prescribed burn, they said.As of late Monday, the fire