RALEIGH – The N.C. Forest Service announced that the burn burn on all open burning was lifted Wednesday at noon for Bladen County and 66 other North Carolina counties.
The ban, which went into effect Nov. 29 due to hazardous forest fire conditions, remains in effect for 33 North Carolina counties.
Bladen County received slightly more than an inch of rain Wednesday at the Curtis L. Brown Jr. Field Airport in Elizabethtown, according to the National Weather Service.
“The rainfall we are seeing across much of the state right now is doing what we need it to do,” Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler said in a news release Wednesday afternoon. “Forest fuels are soaking it in, and conditions are improving.
“Residents in the 67 counties no longer under the state’s burn ban should still burn responsibly, check for local burning restrictions, and make sure you have a valid permit,” Troxler said. “Check the weather, and never leave a debris fire unattended.
“If you’re in one of the 33 counties still under the state’s burn ban, please be patient and hold off on burning.”
As of noon Wednesday, burn permits were available in the 67 counties no longer included in the state’s ban on open burning. Residents can obtain a burn permit from any authorized permitting agent or online at www.ncforestservice.gov/burnpermit.
For the 67 counties no longer included in the ban, all burn permits previously granted were canceled when the ban became effective. A valid permit must be obtained.
People with questions regarding their specific county can contact their N.C. Forest Service county ranger or their county fire marshal’s office. In Bladen County, Forest Service Ranger Mike Hinson can be reached by calling 910-588-4861 and county Fire Marshal Kenneth Clark can be reached by calling 910-862-6755 or 910-991-5143.
Other counties that had the burn ban lifted Wednesday included Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Brunswick, Cabarrus, Camden, Carteret, Catawba, Chatham, Cherokee, Chowan, Clay, Cleveland, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Franklin, Gaston, Gates, Graham, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Haywood, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Iredell, Jackson, Johnston, Jones, Lee, Lenoir, Lincoln, Macon, Martin, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Richmond, Robeson, Rutherford, Sampson, Scotland, Stanly, Swain, Tyrell, Union, Wake, Warren, Washington, Wayne and Wilson.
https://bladencounty.org/burn-ban-issued-for-all-north-carolina-counties/
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