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Wildfire burns about 1,050 acres at Pilot Mountain State Park

Wildfire burns about 1,050 acres at Pilot Mountain State Park 2021
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A wildfire that began November 27, 2021 closed Pilot Mountain State Park and burned about 1,050 acres before officials reported it fully contained on December 4.
WRAL reported that a state release put the burned area at about 1,050 acres and that the fire started from a campfire in an undesignated area. Governor Roy Cooper toured the damage on December 2. The North Carolina Forest Service's incident team was to hand the fire back to local crews on December 5. The state was under a burn ban after its driest November in 90 years.

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