A burn ban is used to help prevent wildfires when the county is experiencing dry weather and no rain is expected in the near ...

FLORIDA — Several Central Florida counties are now under burn bans as dry conditions and high heat could spark dangerous wildfires. Burn bans are activated when the Keetch-Byram Drought Index ...

FLORIDA — Polk County on Friday issued a ... Brevard's ban covers open burning such as bonfires, campfires, trash burning and other incineration. It does not include state-permitted burns ...

Burning during a burn ban in Florida can ... according to the Florida Highway Patrol. U.S. 1 is open. Annually, during Florida’s dry season – which runs from November 1 through April 30 ...

Hernando County officals have have lifted a county-wide burn ban for all unincorporated areas of Hernando County. "Hernando County has seen adequate precipitation accumulations resulting in a ...

ANYTHING OUT OUTSIDE BURNING OR OPEN BURNING IS ILLEGAL DURING THIS TIME, EXCEPT IF YOU HAVE PERMISSION THROUGH FORESTRY. THE FLORIDA FIRE SERVICE, AND IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. THE FLORIDA FOREST ...

A burn ban is now in effect in DeSoto County, prohibiting open burning unless authorized by the Florida Forest Service. According to the county’s “Emergency Drought Conditions Fire Hazard ...

Todd Chlanda with the Florida Forest Service said yard debris burning is allowed in Polk County, under certain measures. He said Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties don’t allow open yard burning ...

There are 65 wildfires burning more than 26,000 acres in Florida. The largest fire is the ... U.S. 1 — the 18-Mile Stretch — is open "but may experience intermittent closures.

There were 89 wildfires burning in Florida April 25, affecting 2,782 acres. The largest fire burning in the state was the 200-acre 27 Fire in Broward County. No rain is expected soon to alleviate ...