Thick smoke blankets the sky as multiple wildfires continue to spread across Cumberland County, filling the air with haze.

Residents can evacuate to the Southampton Township Cumberland County municipal building at 200 Airport Rd., Shippensburg.

More than 1,000 acres of forest was burning in southern Cumberland County from two large wildfires, officials said in a Friday morning update.

The company will mine metallurgical coal, but an environmental group worries the project will exacerbate mine drainage problems in the Laurel Highlands.