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Intense wildfires burning in Southeast
11/18/2016 12:00:00 AM


CATEGORIES:
Fire
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Society & Public Health
AFFECTED AREAS:
Alabama
Georgia
Rabun County, GA
Kentucky
Adair County, KY
Allen County, KY
Anderson County, KY
Ballard County, KY
Barren County, KY
Bath County, KY
Bell County, KY
Boone County, KY
Bourbon County, KY
Boyd County, KY
Boyle County, KY
Bracken County, KY
Breathitt County, KY
Breckinridge County, KY
Bullitt County, KY
Butler County, KY
Caldwell County, KY
Calloway County, KY
Campbell County, KY
Carlisle County, KY
Carroll County, KY
Carter County, KY
Casey County, KY
Christian County, KY
Clark County, KY
Clay County, KY
Clinton County, KY
Crittenden County, KY
Cumberland County, KY
Daviess County, KY
Edmonson County, KY
Elliott County, KY
Estill County, KY
Fayette County, KY
Fleming County, KY
Floyd County, KY
Franklin County, KY
Fulton County, KY
Gallatin County, KY
Garrard County, KY
Grant County, KY
Graves County, KY
Grayson County, KY
Green County, KY
Greenup County, KY
Hancock County, KY
Hardin County, KY
Harlan County, KY
Harrison County, KY
Hart County, KY
Henderson County, KY
Henry County, KY
Hickman County, KY
Hopkins County, KY
Jackson County, KY
Jefferson County, KY
Jessamine County, KY
Johnson County, KY
Kenton County, KY
Knott County, KY
Knox County, KY
Larue County, KY
Laurel County, KY
Lawrence County, KY
Lee County, KY
Leslie County, KY
Letcher County, KY
Lewis County, KY
Lincoln County, KY
Livingston County, KY
Logan County, KY
Lyon County, KY
Madison County, KY
Magoffin County, KY
Marion County, KY
Marshall County, KY
Martin County, KY
Mason County, KY
McCracken County, KY
McCreary County, KY
McLean County, KY
Meade County, KY
Menifee County, KY
Mercer County, KY
Metcalfe County, KY
Monroe County, KY
Montgomery County, KY
Morgan County, KY
Muhlenberg County, KY
Nelson County, KY
Nicholas County, KY
Ohio County, KY
Oldham County, KY
Owen County, KY
Owsley County, KY
Pendleton County, KY
Perry County, KY
Pike County, KY
Powell County, KY
Pulaski County, KY
Robertson County, KY
Rockcastle County, KY
Rowan County, KY
Russell County, KY
Scott County, KY
Shelby County, KY
Simpson County, KY
Spencer County, KY
Taylor County, KY
Todd County, KY
Trigg County, KY
Trimble County, KY
Union County, KY
Warren County, KY
Washington County, KY
Wayne County, KY
Webster County, KY
Whitley County, KY
Wolfe County, KY
Woodford County, KY
North Carolina
Alexander County, NC
Avery County, NC
Buncombe County, NC
Burke County, NC
Caldwell County, NC
Catawba County, NC
Cherokee County, NC
Clay County, NC
Cleveland County, NC
Gaston County, NC
Graham County, NC
Haywood County, NC
Henderson County, NC
Jackson County, NC
Lincoln County, NC
Macon County, NC
Madison County, NC
McDowell County, NC
Mitchell County, NC
Polk County, NC
Rutherford County, NC
Swain County, NC
Transylvania County, NC
Watauga County, NC
Yancey County, NC
Tennessee
Anderson County, TN
Bedford County, TN
Benton County, TN
Bledsoe County, TN
Blount County, TN
Bradley County, TN
Campbell County, TN
Cannon County, TN
Carroll County, TN
Carter County, TN
Cheatham County, TN
Chester County, TN
Claiborne County, TN
Clay County, TN
Cocke County, TN
Coffee County, TN
Crockett County, TN
Cumberland County, TN
Davidson County, TN
Decatur County, TN
DeKalb County, TN
Dickson County, TN
Dyer County, TN
Fayette County, TN
Fentress County, TN
Franklin County, TN
Gibson County, TN
Giles County, TN
Grainger County, TN
Greene County, TN
Grundy County, TN
Hamblen County, TN
Hamilton County, TN
Chattanooga, TN
Hancock County, TN
Hardeman County, TN
Hardin County, TN
Hawkins County, TN
Haywood County, TN
Henderson County, TN
Henry County, TN
Hickman County, TN
Houston County, TN
Humphreys County, TN
Jackson County, TN
Jefferson County, TN
Johnson County, TN
Knox County, TN
Lake County, TN
Lauderdale County, TN
Lawrence County, TN
Lewis County, TN
Lincoln County, TN
Loudon County, TN
Macon County, TN
Madison County, TN
Marion County, TN
Marshall County, TN
Maury County, TN
McMinn County, TN
McNairy County, TN
Meigs County, TN
Monroe County, TN
Montgomery County, TN
Moore County, TN
Morgan County, TN
Obion County, TN
Overton County, TN
Perry County, TN
Pickett County, TN
Polk County, TN
Putnam County, TN
Rhea County, TN
Roane County, TN
Robertson County, TN
Rutherford County, TN
Scott County, TN
Sequatchie County, TN
Sevier County, TN
Shelby County, TN
Smith County, TN
Stewart County, TN
Sullivan County, TN
Sumner County, TN
Tipton County, TN
Trousdale County, TN
Unicoi County, TN
Union County, TN
Van Buren County, TN
Warren County, TN
Washington County, TN
Wayne County, TN
Weakley County, TN
White County, TN
Williamson County, TN
Wilson County, TN

Start Date: 11/10/2016 -  
More than 30 large wildfires in the Southeast continued to burn uncontained and have charred 128,000 acres, according to the Associated Press. More than 5,000 firefighters and support staff from across the country continued to help battle the flames, according to Shardul Raval, U.S. Forest Service Director of Fire and Aviation Management for the Southern Region. About 40 aircraft, among them three large air tankers flying out of Chattanooga, were in use to fight the fires. The Weather Channel (Atlanta, Ga.), Nov. 18, 2016 More than 30 large wildfires were consuming thousands of acres in the Southeast and shrouding the skies in hazy smoke. States of emergency were in effect in Tennessee, Kentucky and western North Carolina, due to drought and the spate of wildfires. Arson was the cause of some of the fires. Yahoo! News (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Nov. 11, 2016 More than 5,000 firefighters descended on the Southeast to help battle the many conflagrations burning through forests and forcing evacuations. Tens of thousands of acres have burned, while about a dozen of the largest fires remained uncontained, according to the U.S. Forest Service. The Sun Herald (Gulfport, Miss.), Nov. 10, 2016
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