STROUDSBURG, Pa. (AP) - A vacant resort in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains, which last made news when it was searched during a 48-day manhunt for a sniper that killed a state trooper, has burned.

Monroe County authorities say the blaze destroyed part of the former Penn Hills Resort in Stroud Township.The fire was reported about 5 p.m. Monday and under control about three hours later.The resort opened in the 1940s and closed about a decade ago. It was in the headlines in when state police and other agencies searched for Eric Frein after one trooper was slain and another wounded by sniper fire outside their Blooming Grove barracks in September 2014. Frein has since been convicted and sentenced to death.The cause of the fire, which damaged one building at the resort, wasn't immediately clear.