Burn ban implemented
Restrictions contingent on county fire danger rating
BY ALYSSA MEIER
BHG NEWS
For the sixth year in a row, McLean County Commissioners approved a fire emergency declaration and burn ban for the county, forbidding fires or fireworks on days when the danger rating is red or orange. The county-wide fire ban was approved during Tuesday’s McLean County Commission meeting. The ban, which has been put in
place every year since at least 2015, restricts the use of fire and fireworks to days in which the fire danger rating is low, moderate or high. According to the fire emergency and burn ban declaration, when the fire danger rating is very high or extreme or the county has issued a Red Flag warning, farm or crop land ignition, campfires, fireworks, charcoal grill use
and garbage burning are prohibited.
