Effective immediately, the Alabama Forestry Commission has lifted the fire alert for eight counties in southwest Alabama. The alert was issued on Feb. 26 and scattered rainfall over most of the state during the past few days brought much-needed relief to the state’s wildfire situation. The AFC has resumed issuing permits for outdoor burning as usual. During the last nine days of February, the AFC suppressed 311 wildfires which burned approximately 10,459 acres across Alabama. That number almost doubled the acreage burned by wildfire since Oct. 1. The AFC urges anyone conducting outdoor burning to follow safety recommendations such as...

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