By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – Beginning at 12:01 a.m. tomorrow, the outdoor burning restrictions for areas in unincorporated Lewis County will be lifted.
The Lewis County Board of Commissioners put a burn ban in place on July 12 out of concern about wildfire danger with hot and dry conditions, allowing only for recreational fires in approved receptacles or campfire sites.
The board has authority over areas in Lewis County that are outside any city limits and not part of any state or federal lands.
“After careful review, of the current and extended weather forecast, the Lewis County community development director, acting as the fire marshal, has determined that current weather conditions within Lewis County no longer pose a substantial fire threat,” Director Lee Napier’s office stated in a news release this morning.
The state Department of Natural Resources last week rescinded its statewide burn ban on all on DNR-protected forestlands.
For further information concerning outdoor burning, Napier can be contacted at (360) 740-1146.
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