“Currently we’re under a red flag warning, which means conditions are conducive for a fire to get out of control,” said Commissioner Mike Strain, with the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry. Right now, Louisiana is seeing dry conditions, low humidity, and high wind speeds, which can cause a fire to easily become out of control.

A significant part of southwestern and west central Minnesota will be under a Red Flag Warning Wednesday afternoon into evening due to conditions creating extreme danger for wildfires. The National Weather Service (NWS) made the Red Flag declaration for 27 counties beginning at 1 p.