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Fire marshal urges burn ban as drought index rises; commissioners delay decision two weeks
Summary
Cook County Fire Marshal Keith King recommended instituting a burn ban because the county’s Keetch–Byram Drought Index (KBDI) reached about 609 and fire incidents had increased; commissioners asked him to consult local fire departments and bring the issue back in two weeks.
Keith King, Cook County fire marshal and emergency management coordinator, asked the commissioners to consider a county burn ban after reporting the county’s drought index — referred to in the meeting as KBDI — had climbed to about 609 and the fire district had responded to 31 fires since Aug. 10, including 14 in the previous seven…
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