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Wildfires in Oklahoma cause $16 million in damages
Mar 30, 2017, 14:03 PM
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The Oklahoma Extension Service says wildfire damages caused more than $16 million in economic losses for the state.
Most of the 310,000 acres that burned on March 7 in Oklahoma was pastureland for grazing cattle. The Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension estimates cattle ranches took the brunt of losses with more than $14.6 million in damages. Almost half of that cost is for fence replacement and repair for the more than 1,100 miles of fences impacted.
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