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Kentucky firefighters to help battle Idaho wildfires

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LOUISVILLE, KY. (WDRB) -- Twenty Kentucky firefighters are headed west to help battle wildfires in Idaho.

The firefighters from Kentucky's Division of Forestry will help out as wildfires continue to burn out of control in many areas of the western United States.  Those fires, along with long-term weather forecasts that do not promise any relief, brought the request for help.

Other Division of Forestry personnel are helping out in Arkansas, California, Oklahoma, and Oregon.

Drought conditions in Kentucky are still a concern, and several counties are still enforcing burn bans.

For information about current wildfire and burn bans, visit http://forestry.ky.gov/wildlandfiremanagement/Pages/default.aspx.  For information about national fire news, please visit http://www.nifc.gov/nicc/index.htm.

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