The Nation - News from March 31, 1986
Forest fires, aggravated by warm, dry weather and high winds, destroyed thousands of acres in the Midwest and South, and no rain was expected before Tuesday in many of the burning areas. In West Virginia, fire crews were in their 14th day of fighting a rash of blazes, and, in Virginia, forestry officials said that about 500 acres of hardwood trees were destroyed in one day.
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