Kentucky: Nearly a dozen forest fires are burning in the Big Sandy

[Pastor Dale Morgan]

Perilous Times

Kentucky: Nearly a dozen forest fires are burning in the Big Sandy

Forest fires have burned hundreds of acres across the region this week.

Posted: 6:47 PM Oct 29, 2010
Reporter: Angela Sparkman

    

Forest fires have burned hundreds of acres across the region this week.

In the past 24 hours, nearly a dozen fires have burned in the Big Sandy region.

Rangers say the dry leaves are causing the fires to spread, and say every time they have the fires contained, an arsonist sets it again.

Dry and windy conditions are pushing flames across the mountains.

“It's been extremely busy. Blue skies and lots of wind created perfect burning conditions,” Tad Norris, District Forester said.

In the past 24 hours, firefighters have battled 10 fires in Pike, Floyd, Johnson, Martin, Magoffin, and Lawrence Counties.

This fire has burned nearly 100 acres near the Banner and Dana communities in Floyd County and officials say it keeps growing

Burn bans are in place in all of the counties in the Big Sandy region.