Burn Ban Issued for Several Louisiana Parishes
It has been really dry across Louisiana for several weeks now, leading the Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal to issue fire bans across several Louisiana parishes.
In Lafayette, for example, it hasn't rained at all in the month of October. The last recorded rain was back on September 25 when 0.45 inches of rain was recorded at the Lafayette Regional Airport.
That has been the case for much of the state. Thus, the aforementioned fire bans across portions of Louisiana.
The following parishes have had burn bans issued:
- Acadia
- Allen
- Bossier
- Caddo
- Caldwell
- De Soto
- East Feliciana
- Evangeline
- Jefferson Davis
- Morehouse
- Natchitoches
- Rapides
- St. Landry
- Union
- Vernon
- Webster
- West Carroll
- Winn
When fire risk increases, Louisiana's state and local governments restrict open burning with burn bans. "Open burning" involves burning material outside on open ground without a container for the flame.
Open burning rules regulate:
- What kind of materials you can and can't burn outside on an open fire
- Where those burns may and may not occur
- When it's safe or unsafe to do open burns
Burn bans temporarily prohibit open burns in an area until fire risk decreases.
Where open burning is allowed in local ordinances, the State Fire Marshal reminds residents that the only legal items you can burn in Louisiana are vegetation and ordinary yard waste items like leaves, tree branches, grass clippings, etc.
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There are items that you are not allowed to burn no matter what the situation. According to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, these items are not allowed to be burned:
- Plastic and other synthetic materials
- Tires and other rubber products
- Paints, household, and agricultural chemicals
- Asphalt shingles, heavy oils, wire
- Newspaper, cardboard, and other paper products
- Buildings and mobile homes
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