Maine Forest Service dealing with unprecedented number of wildfires

WGME-TV13 • June 23, 2020

The Maine Forest Service is dealing with an unprecedented number of wildfires, and the wildfire season is just getting started. Forest rangers say so far this season, they've already responded to more than 700 fires that have burned almost 871 acres. That's the second highest count in a decade. The Maine Forest Service is banning all online burning permits.