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Mills County reinstitutes burn ban after spike in fires and rising drought index
Summary
The Commissioners Court voted to reinstate a county-wide burn ban effective immediately after officials reported 12 fires in two weeks and the Keetch-Byram drought index average hit 575; several fire chiefs had urged action.
Mills County Commissioners Court voted to reinstate a county burn ban effective immediately, citing a recent rise in fires and a drought index that emergency-management staff said crossed a commonly used trigger point.
Judge Williams moved to "put the burn ban back on as of today," and the motion passed with a recorded unanimous assent from those present. The vote followed testimony from David Schwartz, a fire chief and county emergency-management contact, that the Keetch-Byram Drought Index (KBDI) averaged about 575 in recent days and that the…
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