Fire restriction in portion of Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia
9/17/2024 10:21:16 AM
CATEGORIES:
Fire
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Society & Public Health
AFFECTED AREAS:
Grant County, WV
Randolph County, WV
Tucker County, WV
Start Date: 9/17/2024
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A fire restriction took effect for Dolly Sods Wilderness in the Monongahela National Forest in the Cheat-Potomac Ranger District. It is prohibited to build, maintain, attend or use a wood or charcoal fire or campfire on all National Forest lands, roads and within the bounds of the Dolly Sods Wilderness. Firefighting is more complicated in Dolly Sods because it is a known unexploded ordinance area, further hampering firefighting tactics and endangering the welfare of the public and emergency responders.
Bluefield Daily Telegraph (W.V.), Sept 17, 2024
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