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New York enforces burn ban due to high fire danger
The ban aims to reduce wildfire risk amid drought warnings affecting 12 counties, with 64 wildland fires already reported this season, officials said.
- Governor Kathy Hochul, with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, declared a statewide burn ban starting Thursday that runs through Oct. 15, citing increased fire risk from dry conditions.
- Continued dry conditions have raised fire danger and placed many regions under drought watch, with the Southern Tier, Adirondacks, and Lake Ontario Plains rated "High" fire danger.
- The ban prohibits outdoor fires for brush and debris disposal and bans uncontained campfires and open cooking fires, but allows backyard fire pits and campfires under three feet by four feet plus small contained cooking fires.
- Governor Hochul also noted the safe return of 14 wildland firefighters led by DEC Forest Rangers after two-week assignments, while officials said many recent fires could have been avoided.
- State officials will continue to monitor drought conditions, provide water-conservation resources for farmers, and use four drought advisory levels as conditions remain dry for at least another week.
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Gov. Hochul issues temporary statewide burn ban
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A temporary statewide burn ban has gone into effect starting Thursday due to rising fire danger and dry conditions. The ban prohibits the start of outdoor fires for purposes of brush and debris disposal, uncontained fires like campfires and open fires used for cooking. Backyard fire pits and contained campfires less than […]
·Rochester, United States
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