The Department of Environmental Protection  will hold a public information session to update the public about the Jeanesville Mine Fire, which is located in Banks Township, Carbon County. The session will be held on May 20, at 6 p.m. at the Tresckow Volunteer Fire Company, 26 East Oak St., Tresckow.

“The fire has generated public attention, and we want to provide citizens with details about the current status of the fire, plans for addressing it and the impacts it might have on the public,” DEP Deputy Secretary for Active and Abandoned Mine Operations John Stefanko said.

The fire is currently burning on both abandoned mine land and on an actively mined site off of Route 93, on the border of Luzerne and Carbon counties.

The property is owned by Pagnotti Enterprises of Wilkes-Barre. Hazleton Shaft Corporation, currently leasing the portion of the property that is actively being mined, has been extinguishing the fire within the permitted area as the mining progresses.

DEP intends to hire a contractor to begin drilling boreholes to define the limits of the fire.

Individuals in need of an accommodation as provided for in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 should contact Colleen Connolly or make accommodations through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at 800-654-5984 (TDD).

5/18/2015