News Release

Veterans Lake Fire update for March 25, 2022

Date: March 25, 2022
Contact: Megan Wilkins, 5806188302
Contact: Dan Winings, 5806187262

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Sulphur, Okla.– The Veterans Lake Fire started as a brush pile burn on private land on Saturday evening, March 19, 2022. It escaped containment at approximately 6:30pm on Sunday, March 20, 2022 and spread quickly into Chickasaw National Recreation Area.  

The fire is holding at 448 acres. The fire is approximately 90% contained as of late Friday, March 25, 2022. Fire personnel are still monitoring for any rekindling along edges that could lead to new spread. The Multi-Use Trails remain closed while the fire continues to burn out in the center. Smoke will be visible as materials smolder and occasionally flare up. 

Other previously closed areas have reopened. Visitors using the Veterans Lake Trail should stay on trail. Smoldering materials and hazard trees have been removed from the trail but are still present off trail. 

National Park Service staff would like to thank those who also responded to the fire, including Sulphur Fire Department, Davis Fire Department, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Joy Volunteer Fire Department, Oak Grove Volunteer Fire Department, Rock Prairie Volunteer Fire Department, Sulphur Police Department, Murray County Emergency Management, Davis Emergency Management, and the Murray County Sheriffs Office. 

For more information about Chickasaw National Recreation Area, visit www.nps.gov/chic or call the Travertine Nature Center at [phone]. 

 

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