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The state Forest Service has banned outdoor burning in 30 Western North Carolina counties in the wake of a spate of wildfires that have burned thousands of bone-dry acres.
With the latest rain on Nov. 21 and with wildfires in the area being contained, a statewide burn ban has been canceled, according to the North Carolina Department of Agriculture.
Nov. 8—Haywood County has now joined a region-wide burn ban in Western North Carolina. On Sunday, 14 Western North Carolina counties were put under a burn ban, but Haywood County was not in this ...
State of emergency: North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper declares state of emergency as wildfires burn in mountains. Burn ban: Burn ban expanded to 16 more counties as WNC wildfires continue, little ...
What activities are restricted during a burn ban? During the ban, the open burning of materials outside are prohibited. These materials include: Garbage. Leaves. Grass. Twigs. Litter. Any land ...
Brunswick County issues a burn ban as drought conditions are forecasted to continue through the Fourth of July weekend. A stretch of N.C. 211 closed in May as the N.C. Forest Services worked to ...
Worcester County also added such a ban on Friday, saying "effective immediately, Worcester County Fire Marshal Matt Owens issued a burn ban, and ALL outdoor burning is banned for an indefinite ...
Burn bans typically last until the end of summer or until the area starts receiving consistent rain. Last year, the burn ban was in effect until Sept. 21. The ban only applies to residents living ...