By Tristan Baurick
NOLA.com
One of the largest wildfires to burn in Louisiana in several years is sweeping through Beauregard Parish near the Texas line.
The wildfire had burned through about 12,000 acres by Wednesday morning and is expected to continue north toward the small town of Merryville. Known as the Tiger Island Fire, the blaze is already larger than the statewide annual average of 8,217 acres for the past decade.