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Public-safety panel refines no-burn ordinance language after several firefighters injured in grass fires
Summary
Lee County's public safety committee discussed tightening a no-burn ordinance to focus on timing and conditions of burning after recent incidents seriously injured multiple firefighters; committee emphasized education on prescribed vs. controlled burns.
Lee County's Public Safety Committee discussed fine-tuning the county's no-burn ordinance to focus on when and how burning occurs rather than attempting to regulate what property owners burn, following recent incidents that seriously injured multiple firefighters.
A committee member summarized the committee's view: "We're not trying to control what's being burned. We understand that there's reasons specifically in cropland that it…
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