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Lawrence County commissioners table lifting of countywide burn ban after week of debate
Summary
After a report from the county’s public safety director that conditions had moderated, the Lawrence County Commissioners voted to table a resolution to lift a countywide burn ban until next Tuesday so staff can confirm statutory procedures and watch the weather.
Lawrence County Commissioners on Oct. 14 voted to table a resolution (Res. 3-37) that would have rescinded a countywide burn ban, after Public Safety Director Chad Strobel told commissioners that fire-danger conditions had eased.
Strobel told the board the state-observed fire danger for the county was currently low and that recent forecasts called for rain late in the week and over the weekend. He said the county had received roughly 10–12 calls for burning complaints in recent weeks and that recent incidents, including a brush fire apparently caused by farm equipment on Clark Road in Little Beaver Township, had been quickly controlled. “My honest opinion and my feelings are…
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