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Fire Danger Remains High in Kansas
USAgNet - 03/16/2018
Fire danger remains high with red flag warnings across much of Kansas due to high winds and dry weather conditions.
Three Kansas Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from the 1st Battalion, 108th Aviation have deployed to assist with two active fires north of the Northern Natural Gas Plant in Kiowa County. One trooper from the Kansas Highway Patrol
has also been deployed to assist with traffic. There are an additional five helicopters on standby to assist with the response effort if needed.
Currently, in Kansas there are four uncontained fires burning and 12 active but controlled fires. There are six fires in the Kansas City metro area that are either contained or extinguished. Since 8 a.m. today we have tracked 45 fires that have burned
approximately 13,000 acres.
Gov. Jeff Colyer M.D. issued a disaster declaration for fires in Rice County on March 14. Kiowa, Labette, McPherson, Montgomery and Rice Counties have issued state of local disaster declarations. All counties are included in the state declaration and more
may be added as needed.
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