Burn ban for Choctaw Nation in southeast Oklahoma
10/28/2024 11:52:46 PM
CATEGORIES:
Fire
Relief, Response & Restrictions
AFFECTED AREAS:
Atoka County, OK
Bryan County, OK
Choctaw County, OK
Coal County, OK
Haskell County, OK
Hughes County, OK
Latimer County, OK
McCurtain County, OK
Pushmataha County, OK
Start Date: 10/28/2024
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The chief of Choctaw Nation issued an executive order for a burn ban in nine southeastern Oklahoma counties and a State of Emergency. The counties affected by the executive order included Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Coal, Haskell, Hughes, Latimer, McCurtain and Pushmataha. County commissioners in all nine counties have issued their own burn bans. Only Pittsburg County in the Choctaw Reservation does not have a burn ban.
McAlester News-Capital (0kla.), Oct 28, 2024
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