5 states sending teams to assist Arkansas in battling wildfires
Teams from Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina and South Carolina are being deployed to Arkansas to assist in battling wildfires that have burned thousands of acres, the state Department of Agriculture said Tuesday. The department said in a news release that the state has activated the South Central Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact to support […]
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