Burn ban back into effect after temporary lift

After the Coryell County Commissioner’s Court voted on an order to consider a burn ban, which went into effect on Tuesday, March 25, an order was then placed on March 28 to temporarily suspend the ban to March 31.

The court order to temporarily suspend the burn ban states that the County Judge, Roger Miller, is authorized to make a determination, and found that environmental circumstances changed to such a degree that the responsible burning of brush, trash, and debris outdoors was not a public safety hazard during that time.

The burn ban went back in effect on Monday, March 31, at 7 p.m.

The ban does not prohibit outdoor burning activities related to public health and safety that are authorized by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, which includes:

• Firefighter training
• Public utility, natural gas pipeline, or mining operations
• Planting or harvesting of agricultural crops
• Burns conducted by a prescribed burn manager that meet the standards of the Natural Resources Code
• Welding, grinding, and/or cutting metal if a spotter, serviceable fire extinguisher, and a minimum of 10 gallons of water are present
• Burning domestic waste in a barrel when using a screen with no larger than 3/8-inch holes

For more information on the burn ban, visit https://www.coryellcounty.org/.