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Outdoor Burning Banned in 24 Oklahoma Counties

Outdoor burning has been banned by the Governor's Office in 24 counties
in eastern and southeastern Oklahoma, and along the Red River. Wildfire
danger is rated as "extreme" in these counties by the Forestry Division.

Much of the rest of the state remains under a Red Flag Fire Alert. More
details are available at the Forestry Division's Red Flag Fire Alert
Information page:

http://www.oklaosf.state.ok.us/~okag/forred.html

Data from the Oklahoma Fire Danger Model indicates high fire danger
early this afternoon and Keetch-Byram Drought Indices reaching severe
levels over much of eastern, southern and southeastern Oklahoma.

Oklahoma Fire Danger Model output is updated hourly during the
afternoon at:

http://agweather.mesonet.org/fire/data.html


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