中新网9月13日电 据路透社报道，当地时间12日，世卫组织总干事谭德塞表示，预计乌克兰的新冠肺炎确诊病例将在10月达到峰值。 The largest wildfire in Louisiana state history has been determined to have been arson-caused, state officials said Saturday. The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry reported Saturday that it is asking for the public's help in finding a suspect in the Tiger Island Fire. No details were provided on exactly how investigators believe the blaze started. The Tiger Island Fire, which broke in southwestern Louisiana's Beauregard Parish on Aug. 22, has so far burned 48.43 square miles and damaged or destroyed at least 20 homes and structures. It remains only 50% contained. Damage from the Tiger Island Fire in Louisiana, the largest wildfire in state history. September 2023. Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry At the fire's height, it forced the evacuation of about 1,200 people from the town of Merryville, located near the Texas border. Mandatory evacuation orders were lifted earlier this week. There have been no reports of injuries or fatalities from the blaze. Louisiana, which has been contending with extreme summer heat and drought, saw an unprecedented 441 wildfires in August, officials said, stretching the state's resources thin. Most of southwest Louisiana has been classified by the U.S. Drought Monitor as being in "exceptional drought.""This is unprecedented," Mike Strain, the commissioner for Louisiana's Department of Agriculture and Forestry, told reporters last month. "We've never had to fight this many fires simultaneously and at this duration."
A $2,000 reward has been offered for information leading to an arrest by the Louisiana Forestry Association.
