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Environment

Forest Fires Burn Across Pike County

WEKU | By Chris Anderson, The Appalachian News-Express
Published April 12, 2013 at 11:19 AM EDT

As several fires continue to burn in wooded areas across Pike County on Thursday, forestry officials said the fires are now under control. According to Tad Norris, the district forester for the Kentucky Division of Forestry’s Eastern District, three woodland fires were burning in Pike County Thursday in areas near Grapevine, Dorton and Elkhorn City. Norris said the fires have been brought under control and have been contained.
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