Arson suspected in Kisatchie National Forest fires
Arson suspected in Kisatchie National Forest fires
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ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) Authorities in Central Louisiana are asking for the public’s help in finding whoever set multiple fires in the Kisatchie National Forest.
The Town Talk reports that firefighters responded to about 10 wildfires in different parts of the forest in the last month.
The forest covers parts of seven parishes. Grant Parish Sheriff Steven McCain said five of the fires have been in his parish.
“The fires have burned hundreds and hundreds of acres of timber in Grant Parish, and this is much more than just somebody setting the woods on fire,” he said in a video posted to the department’s Facebook page. “There’s been three houses that have come very close to being burned by these fires, and we’re as