Forest fires have been chewing through acres of land throughout Alabama. APR student reporter Parker Branton has more.
On Sunday alone, there were 65 active forest fires burning through the state.
The Alabama Forestry Commission is working around the clock to control the fires by bulldozing containment lines and backfiring until the fires are no longer a threat.
Coleen Vansant is the spokeswoman for the Alabama Forestry Commission. She says the weather conditions have made this fall fire season unlike any other.
“We went into it this year in an extended drought, and then a couple of weeks ago a cold front came through and has lingered, and it has brought with it extremely low humidity and winds. It’s like all the elements of a perfect storm came together in fall fire season.”
With no foreseeable rain in the future, Alabama will continue to be under a Fire Danger Warning.