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Tiger Island Fire continues to burn as residents of entire Louisiana towns forced to evacuate

Mandatory evacuation orders remain in place for a few Louisiana communities as efforts to battle the Tiger Island Fire in Beauregard Parish continue.

According to the Beauregard Parish Sheriff's Office, containment has decreased from 85% to 50% on Friday due to constantly shifting wind conditions and the dry conditions of the vegetation. Efforts of concentration are near the towns of Merryville and Junction.

As of Friday morning, three residential structures have burned, but there have been no reported injuries or loss of life, the sheriff's office said.

More than 20,000 acres have burned since local fire departments, volunteers and the National Guard battled the fire, which started Tuesday morning. By Wednesday, the first mandatory evacuations went out for parts of Singer, Louisiana.

"It's burning very intensely," said Mike Strain, Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry. "It's moving pretty fast, and you can feel the air picking up. That's from the heat of the fire sucking air into the fire." ............

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