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Amid an unprecedented year for wildfires around the globe, the latest place to experience record-breaking blazes is Louisiana, which has seen the most fire-prone conditions in a generation emerge in recent weeks.
Across the Bayou State, officials have tracked more than 450 wildfires this summer, including the massive Tiger Island and Longville fires, which by themselves have consumed 50,000 acres. At least two deaths have been attributed to the fires.
"Wildfires this many and of this intensity are unprecedented,” Mike Strain, Louisiana’s agriculture and forestry commissioner, told US media. “With this kind of heat, the low humidity and the lack of rainfall, this is probably the driest conditions, the most drought-prone conditions we’ve had in a generation."
Incredible footage from Drake Howard of the Tiger Island Fire in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana running onto his property.
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Red Flags have been in the area most of the week. The entire town has been evacuated and the fire has grown to 15,000+ acres.
More than three-quarters of the state is experiencing severe drought conditions, and temperatures shattered all-time highs over the weekend, with New Orleans International Airport registering 105 degrees Fahrenheit (over 40 degrees Celsius) on Sunday. The state capital of Baton Rouge is set to break its record for three-month average temperature by more than 3 degrees, according to media reports.
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