Tag Archives: Kentucky

Reducing dry fuels in Land Between the Lakes     GOLDEN POND, Ky. (AP) — National Forest Service wildfire officials will start conducting seasonal prescribed burns Friday at Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, officials said. Crews will burn ...

Arson is the leading cause this season     FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky forestry officials are urging people to be more cautious as spring forest fire season becomes more active. A statement from the Kentucky Division of Forestry says ...

Moderate rainfall may help lower risk     FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Despite a wet start to autumn, the Kentucky Division of Forestry is preparing for the fall wildfire season. Forestry officials say most of Kentucky’s wildfires are preventable — ...

420 fires burned about 52,000 acres last fall   FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Division of Forestry is preparing for fall wildfire season. Each year, there are about 1,500 wildfires in the state, based on a 10-year average. State ...

Wildfires continue to burn across several states   JEFF MARTIN, Associated Press TIGER, Ga. (AP) — Thick smoke has settled over a wide area of the southern Appalachians, where dozens of uncontrolled wildfires are burning through decades of leaf litter, ...

Largest wildfire has burned over 13,000 acres   ATLANTA (AP) — Wildfires near the Georgia-North Carolina line are spewing smoke so thick that residents are being urged to wear special masks if they must do outdoor activities. The fires — ...

Arrests in Kentucky and Tennessee as fires scorch the Southeast   JEFF MARTIN and REBECCA REYNOLDS YONKER, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A wannabe weatherman was jailed for arson after admitting he started a wildfire to draw attention to his ...

Over 5,000 firefighters and support staff are at work in the Southeast   JEFF MARTIN, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Many of the nation’s largest active wildfires Thursday were burning in the southern Appalachian mountains, where a relentless drought has ...

All but two of 61 large fires nationwide are in the Southeast   JEFF MARTIN, Associated Press North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory has declared a state of emergency because of the wildfires in the western part of the state. McCrory ...