The Florida Forest Service tries combines all county-enacted burn bans on its website. A burn ban typically prohibits the outside burning of yard trash and vegetation, as well as campfires, bonfires ...

The restriction takes effect immediately and covers any burning of material on the ground or in an open container. County officials and Rural Metro fire crews are asking residents to hold off on ...

Carter and Love counties issued burn bans Monday morning, prohibiting all outdoor burning following a red-flag warning last ...

Caddo Parish has issued a burn ban due to severe drought conditions in northwest Louisiana, increasing the risk of ...

A burn ban has been issued for all of Vermilion Parish, effective Monday at noon, prohibiting open burning of vegetation, debris, yard waste, brush and other combustible material, with exceptions ...

In three Akwa Ibom oil communities, families now live within metres of blazing gas flares that have turned night into daylight, poisoned air and water, and exposed the widening gap between Nigeria's ...

More than 8,500 acres burned in Okeechobee County. Smoke from wildfires has closed Florida highways and interstates. Almost ...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — Central Florida is experiencing a dangerous dry spell, putting our area under an extreme fire threat. Burn bans and water shortage alerts are in place. Three Central Florida ...

The region has been under a severe drought notice, and county and city officials have been asking people to be careful with water usage, issuing restrictions for watering lawns in cities like Tampa.

The newly-introduced Local Government Open Burn Permit Act has not yet been assigned to a committee in Springfield but is already a hot topic in some parts of Illinois. House Bill 4459 would require ...

A burn ban went into effect Feb. 10 for unincorporated areas of Martin County, according to a Fire Rescue news release. It was issued until further notice in response to extremely dry conditions and ...

MARION COUNTY, Fla. — Due to dry and windy conditions, Marion County officials have issued a mandatory burn ban effective through February 17. The ban is to protect the property and safety of ...