Due to increasingly dryer soil, the DeWitt County Commissioners issued a 90-day burn ban order at a special meeting on October 3.
“Things have dried out significantly in the last six weeks, and there’s plenty of fuel around,” County Judge Daryl Fowler said.
The ban order, which can be found on the De-Witt County homepage, took effect on October 4. Private open burns are prohibited, but there are exceptions listed in the ban.
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