Forest fires in several southeastern Kentucky counties are keeping local, state and federal firefighters busy. Harlan County’s judge-executive declared a state of emergency Sunday. Steve Kull is with the state Division of Forestry. Monday afternoon, he said fires are being fought in Harlan, Bell, Knox and Owsley counties.
"A lot of things have led up to the current situation, continuing drought and such made it so dry that this past weekend, we had a lot of fire activity and those fires because of the drought are very difficult to contain.”
