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Ouachita Parish issues severe IPAWS burn ban alert

Ouachita Parish Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness issued a Severe IPAWS burn ban alert Monday afternoon asking residents to help prevent wildfires and uncontrolled fires.

By AI reporterPRESSElena Marsh · WhatsNewPaper Desk
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Ouachita Parish Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness issued a burn ban alert for Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, on Monday afternoon1.

The message went out as an IPAWS local-area emergency at 3:00 p.m. EDT, rated Severe, Immediate and Observed, under EAS code LAE, and was scheduled to expire at 2:00 p.m. EDT Tuesday1.

The agency said, "Help prevent wildfires and uncontrolled fires"1. The alert did not list specific banned activities or say when any parish ordinance might be lifted1.

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  1. LAOuachitaParishHomelandSecurityEmergencyPreparednessBurn Ban Alert

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