Dozens of wildfires burn across Louisiana 01:39. An entire town in southwestern Louisiana is under mandatory evacuation orders because of a wildfire that state officials say is the largest they ...

He joined Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards on an aerial tour of the fire Tuesday. The wildfire had already forced the entire town of Merryville – a rural area with a population of 1,200 people ...

The Louisiana regions of New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lake Charles and Shreveport are currently under watch as a fire weather forecast says chances are higher than normal that a wildfire could start ...

On August 7, the Louisiana Fire Marshal issued a statewide burn ban. That burn ban was then expanded on Aug. 25 to remove all exceptions for agriculture. ... 082623 Merryville Tiger Island fire map.

Louisiana has recorded an unprecedented amount of wildfires in August, forcing multiple southwestern towns to evacuate Thursday and state officials to implement a burn ban.

The Tiger Island Fire in southwestern Louisiana near the Texas line, which has destroyed more than 30,000 acres and threatened the town of Merryville, is still burning but 71% contained, ...

“Never in the recorded history of the state have we ever seen fires of this magnitude and this scope,” said Louisiana Agriculture & Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain ...

Last week Strain and Louisiana Fire Marshal Dan Wallis lifted the statewide burn ban that had been in place since August, but Strain said much of the state remains in a drought.

The historic Nottoway Resort, Louisiana's largest antebellum mansion, was destroyed by fire Thursday. Ten fire departments fought the blaze at the 166-year-old landmark.

Louisiana's Tiger Island Fire was caused by arson, state officials say. The fire is 50% contained, the National Wildfire Coordinating Group said. By Teddy Grant. September 3, 2023, 6:16 PM.

The historic Nottoway Resort, Louisiana's largest antebellum mansion, was destroyed by fire Thursday. Ten fire departments fought the blaze at the 166-year-old landmark.

Crews continued to douse water onto Louisiana's Nottoway Plantation on Friday morning, May 16, after a devastating fire decimated the historic mansion.. First responders from various agencies ...