Louisiana residents told to ‘get out now’ in face of sweeping wildfire
by Erum Salam and Oliver Laughland in New Orleans from US news | The Guardian on (#6E5QT)
Nearly 1,000 people in Merryville, in Beauregard parish close to Texas border, ordered to evacuate as Tiger Island fire burns nearby
A rare uncontrollable wildfire in Louisiana has forced nearly 1,000 residents to evacuate the town of Merryville in Beauregard parish, near the state's border with Texas.
Get out now!" the Beauregard parish sheriff's office wrote on social media.
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