Red Flag Fire Alert for southeast Oklahoma

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- State forestry officials are issuing a <b><a class="headlinelink" href="http://www.kotv.com/main/home/searchKOTV.asp?mainSearch=Red Flag Fire Alert">Red Flag Fire Alert</a></b> for

Thursday, August 18th 2005, 5:17 pm

By: News On 6

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- State forestry officials are issuing a Red Flag Fire Alert for four counties in southeastern Oklahoma.

Officials say continuing dry conditions has increased the fire danger in Choctaw, LeFlore, McCurtain and Pushmataha counties and the grass will ignite easily and burn rapidly.

Extreme caution is advised with any outdoor burning and no outdoor burning should be done when winds are 20 miles per hour of faster.