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Baker County declares countywide burn ban, citing severe drought and recent fires
Summary
The Baker County Board of County Commissioners approved Resolution 2025-20 at an emergency meeting, declaring a local state of emergency and instituting a countywide burn ban effective immediately; permitted exceptions are gas or charcoal grills and burns authorized by the Florida Forest Service, and the ban will be reassessed weekly.
At an emergency meeting, the Baker County Board of County Commissioners approved Resolution 2025-20 and enacted a countywide burn ban effective immediately to address rapidly worsening drought conditions and recurring fires. Speaker 3, who asked the board to adopt the measure, said the county's drought map shows widespread high KVDI readings and reported, "We've had a lot of fires in the last week. Probably almost every day, we've had a fire. We had 2 today already." Speaker 6 read the resolution aloud as "a resolution of the board of county…
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