Highest fire activity in Louisiana in a century
11/28/2023 12:00:00 AM
CATEGORIES:
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
AFFECTED AREAS:
Louisiana
Beauregard Parish, LA
DeRidder, LA
Merryville, LA
Jefferson Parish, LA
Vernon Parish, LA
Pitkin, LA
Start Date: 1/1/2023
- End Date: 11/28/2023
This year has been Louisiana’s worst wildfire season in a century as fires, which were most intense from August through October, consumed 62,000 acres of mostly forestland and destroyed $71 million in timber, according to LSU AgCenter. The towns of Merryville, Pitkin and DeRidder were also threatened by the flames.
Shreveport Times (La.), Nov 28, 2023
Firefighters in Louisiana battled more than 500 large fires across the state, which is comparable to the normal number of fires in an entire year. More than 50,000 acres, or about 75 square miles of property, have burned statewide. Much of the burned area was forest land. The statewide burn ban remained in effect.
FOX 8 (New Orleans, La.), Aug 30, 2023
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