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Kendall County Keeps Burn Ban in Place as High Winds, Low Humidity Persist
Summary
County emergency official recommended keeping an active burn ban as fire chiefs support continued restrictions amid extreme drought and high winds; county set automatic mutual-aid paging and an ambulance assignment through March 17, may extend.
Kendall County commissioners on March 11 voted to keep the countywide burn ban in place as emergency conditions — high winds and low humidity — continue across the region.
County emergency staff described the conditions as a "recipe for disaster," noting an instance the previous week in which a wind-driven fire near Johns Road was stopped quickly with assistance from Boerne Fire Department. ‘‘The recommendation is to keep the burn ban on until further notice,’’ Brady, a county emergency services staff member, told the court, citing continued single-digit and teen relative-humidity forecasts and…
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