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Wilson County sets burn ban, selects fire marshal
[Video below] A 90-day burn ban has been declared for Wilson County, effective immediately. This follows more than 60 days without rain in some areas of the county, according to Emergency Management Coordinator Cindy Stafford. “The KDBI [drought index] is 581 and is raising about 5 points per day,” Stafford told commissioners Aug. 25. The drought index is used to determine fire potential and measures surface moisture on a scale of 0 to 800, where 800 represents the absolute driest of conditions. “It’s bad,” said Pct. 4 Commissioner John “Scott” Akin. “A dry rain gauge is a dry rain gauge.”...