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Mills County reinstates burn ban for up to 90 days amid high winds and recent fires
Summary
After reporting recent high winds and weekend fires, Mills County Commissioners Court voted unanimously to reinstate a countywide burn ban for up to 90 days; the order will be revisited if rain returns.
Mills County commissioners voted on March 23 to reinstate a county burn ban for up to 90 days, citing renewed fire risk after recent high winds and multiple fires over the prior weekend.
Court members noted that rain forecasts that earlier prompted lifting the ban had not materialized and that local emergency staff and the county's emergency management coordinator supplied risk guidance. The judge and commissioners discussed issuing an emergency order (the court had previously issued a seven-day emergency order). The reinstated order is written for a 90-day period but the court said it will revisit the ban if weather conditions improve.
The motion to put the burn ban back on carried by voice vote with no recorded opposition. The court did not provide a text of the order in the meeting; the county said the order will be published and enforced by local emergency management and law enforcement until modified or lifted.
