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Johnson County adopts temporary ban on outdoor burning amid dry conditions
Summary
Johnson County Commissioners unanimously approved a prohibition on outdoor burning beginning Jan. 20, citing a recent surge in grass fires and elevated fuel‑dryness indices. Fire Marshal Marshall Moore recommended the measure to protect limited county firefighting resources.
The Johnson County Commissioners Court voted unanimously on Jan. 12 to adopt a temporary prohibition on outdoor burning after being briefed on recent fire activity and dry conditions.
"We had come off of 2 days of having over 20 grass fires across the county," Fire Marshal Marshall Moore told the court, describing stretched resources and pockets of high KDBI fuel readings that increased the…
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