A HOT AND DRY 20-23 MEANT AN INTENSE FIRE SEASON IN THE COMMONWEALTH….. WHICH SAW ONE OF THE BIGGEST INCREASES IN ACRES DAMAGED BY
WILDFIRES….
IN 20-22….THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ACRES THAT BURNED IN KENTUCKY WAS 17-THOUSAND-875…..BUT LAST YEAR…..THAT NUMBER INCREASED TO 47-THOUSAND
662 ACRES….WHICH WAS THE FOURTH BIGGEST INCREASE IN THE “U-S”…..
THE THREE STATES WITH LARGER INCREASES THAN THE COMMONWEALTH IN BURNED ACRES IN 20-22 WERE….ARIZONA…NORTH CAOLINA…AND LOUISIANA……