More than 60 fires involving about 11-thousand acres are keeping local, state and federal firefighters busy in southeastern Kentucky. Steve Kull, with the state Division of Forestry, said Wednesday that nine crews from Oregon and Idaho are on the scene or headed there, but warm, dry weather could make their work more difficult.
“To have a fire you have to have heat, oxygen and fuel. And the warmer the temperatures out there, the warmer the fuel is to start with. And then flames will make that much hotter. So fires advance quicker when it's this warm and all.”
