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It's a really good idea not to burn anything when the weather is like it has been. Now it's also illegal. Lee County commissioners agreed on Tuesday to enact a burn ban, declaring a State of Local ...
The supervisors took the action after consulting with fire officials, who first recommended a ban last fall due to dry ...
Counties in Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley are beginning to lift their burn bans as risk of wildfires decreases.
PULASKI COUNTY (KATV) — Burn bans continue to stay in effect for most counties in Arkansas after 96 wildfires ravaged the state in one week. Catherine Arnold, Deputy Director of Pulaski County ...
Garland County and the city of Hot Springs each lifted their respective burn bans on Monday morning. The bans went into effect March 19 amid heightened wildfire danger from gusty winds and low ...
A map from the Arkansas Forestry Division shows that nearly every county in Arkansas is under a burn ban. White said a grass fire got out of hand on Monday, March 24. “Yesterday, at one of the ...
BENTON COUNTY, ARKANSAS, Ark ... proving to be perfect breeding ground for fires and prompting burn bans. Fire departments in and near Benton County have had their hands full battling fires ...
Christopher Belt, Van Buren. Sean Palmer, Hector. Sheldon Phipps, Eldridge, Iowa. Keegan Puryear, Hindsville. Upon reporting ...
Citing "ongoing fire activity in North Pulaski County and current windy conditions," Pulaski County Judge Barry Hyde instituted a burn ban for all ... She said the Arkansas Forestry Service ...
Arkansas is under a Red Flag Warning and many counties are under burn bans. The Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s Forestry Division is actively working on extinguishing 54 wildfires.
LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — As wildfires spread through the state of Arkansas yesterday afternoon ... the importance of following Pulaski County's burn ban. “While we have a burn ban, please adhere ...
Fires may become serious if not attacked early." Burn bans had been issued for 57 of Arkansas' 75 counties. Information for this article was contributed by Daniel McFadin and Grant Lancaster of ...