Fires Continue to Spread across U.S.

June 27, 2005

Fires Continue to Spread across U.S.
June 27, 2005 – It is wildfire season in the United States and the National Preparedness Level has been raised to Level 2. National Preparedness Levels are indicated by burning conditions, fire activity, and firefighting resource availability. Preparedness Level 2 means that several Geographic Areas are experiencing high to extreme fire danger.

As of Friday, there were 232 new fires reported nationally. Of those, 11 were large – 100 acres – four were in the Southwest, five in the Western Great Basin, and two in the Eastern Great Basin. Very high to extreme fire indices were reported in Alaska, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Texas and Utah.

For the latest fire news, visit http://data2.itc.nps.gov/fire/public/pub_firenews.cfm, http://www.nifc.gov/fireinfo/nfn.html or http://www.wildfirenews.com/.