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Sep. 21—In anticipation of open burning resuming Oct. 1, people who plan on burning are reminded they need to obtain a permit before burning. "We understand this is different than how things ...
But the NC Prescribed Burning Act provides substantial legal protection if you take steps that include involving someone who is a certified prescribed burner, filing a burn plan, getting a permit ...
Unless a town or county ordinance prohibits its, use of a grill for cooking is allowed. The N.C. Forest Service’s ban doesn’t apply to burning within 100 feet of an occupied dwelling, where ...
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality began requiring a permit for farmers to burn their fields in 1981, but the requirements became stricter in 1988 following a multi-car collision [61] in which smoke from field burning near Albany, Oregon, obscured the vision of drivers on Interstate 5, leading to a 23-car collision in which 7 people ...
In Monroe County, a resident was arrested for starting a burn on personal property, against the burn ban, that got out of control. [17] The Tennessee Division of Forestry reported 64 fires had burned 17,734 acres. The largest was in Morgan County in the White Oak Circle area covered about 1,900 acres.
One of the largest wildfires was the Chimney Tops 2 Fire, which burned more than 10,000 acres, and closed the Chimney Tops Trail. [11] The Great Smoky Mountains wildfires were the deadliest wildfires in Tennessee, [12] as well as the deadliest wildfires in the eastern U.S. since the Great Fires of 1947, which killed 16 people in Maine.
Cover of Harper's Weekly, showing the bridge-burning conspirators swearing allegiance to the American flag. The East Tennessee bridge burnings were a series of guerrilla operations carried out during the American Civil War by Southern Unionists in Confederate-held East Tennessee in 1861.
Aug. 8—ROCKINGHAM — Rockingham's bravest were out in full force this week fighting a controlled burn on the leading edge of a brooding summer thunderstorm. According to Fire Chief, Harold ...