LANSING (AP) — Michigan authorities say there’s a growing danger of wildfires because of hot weather and a lack of rain in many parts of the state.
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources said Wednesday the conditions mean it’s classifying the fire danger as high to very high in wide areas of the state. It says the conditions probably will persist into the weekend.
The National Weather Service says Michigan’s temperatures Wednesday reached 94 at Ypsilanti, 92 at the Detroit suburb of Troy, 87 at Traverse City in northern lower Michigan and 86 at Munising in the central Upper Peninsula.
Department fire prevention specialist Dan Laux says those lighting outdoor fires should use fire rings in nonflammable areas sheltered from the wind, with water and a shovel nearby.
———————
http://www.michigan.gov/preventwildfires.
- Posted July 31, 2015
- Tweet This | Share on Facebook
Michigan warns of wildfire danger because of heat
headlines Oakland County
- Whitmer signs gun violence prevention legislation
- Department of Attorney General conducts statewide warrant sweep, arrests 9
- Adoptive families across Michigan recognized during Adoption Day and Month
- Reproductive Health Act signed into law
- Case study: Documentary highlights history of courts in the Eastern District
headlines National
- Fighting Hallucinations: How to choose the right AI citation checkers
- Ohio restrictions on kids’ use of social media restored by court
- Federal judiciary raises concerns over deepfakes when opposing courtroom cameras
- Some law grads stack judicial clerkships, closing others out of coveted opportunity
- Luigi Mangione’s lawyers withdraw plan to use ‘mental defect’ defense for allegedly shooting UnitedHeathcare CEO
- Rule requiring jurists to visit jails promotes confidence in courts, chief judge says
