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State forestry official: nearly 400 fires and about 7,000 acres burned in five days; one-day high of 81 incidents
Summary
A state forestry official told the House Agriculture and Forestry Committee that the agency responded to almost 400 wildfires burning nearly 7,000 acres over five days; staff reported a single-day record of 81 fires and said volunteers and agency crews contained incidents with no reported injuries.
Rick Payton, a forestry official, briefed the House Agriculture and Forestry Committee on recent wildfire activity, telling the committee that "in the last 5 days, we've had almost 400 wildfires" and that "over the last 5 days, we've had almost 7,000 acres of wildfire." He said the agency's crews and volunteer fire departments contained the blazes and that the rains the agency received helped control spread.
Payton told the committee that the previous day marked an unusual spike: "Yesterday was the most wildfires we've ever had, at least in the last 20, 25, 30 years that we've been keeping records of," with "81 fires that our…
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