Burn ban in LeFlore County, Oklahoma
1/12/2017 8:15:44 PM
CATEGORIES:
Fire
Relief, Response & Restrictions
AFFECTED AREAS:
Le Flore County, OK
Start Date: 1/2/2017
- End Date: 1/16/2017
The LeFlore County Board of Commissioners extended the county burn ban for another week as extreme drought and strong winds continued. The ban originally took effect on Jan. 2, but continued fire activity and the difficulty of suppressing the fires with gusty winds led county officials to err on the side of caution.
Numerous grassland fires burned during the last weekend, in spite of recent snowfall.
Fort Smith Southwest Times Record (Ark.), Jan. 10, 2017
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