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Santa Rosa Joins Escambia In Issuing Burn Ban
June 23, 2011
Santa Rosa County issued a burn ban Thursday morning, joining Escambia County (Fla.) and the entire state of Alabama in prohibiting outdoor burning.
The ban prohibits open burning, to include but not limited to campfires, bonfires, yard debris, and other similar forms of incineration in both the incorporated and unincorporated areas of the county. State permitted burns, authorized fireworks displays, State of Florida legal consumer firework products such as sparklers, fireworks sales which are authorized by state law, and outdoor cooking in barbecue grills, smokers, or other outdoor stoves located at private residences are exempt.
Violations are punishable by a fine of up to $500.
In Escambia and Santa Rosa counties, the burn bans included the cities of Century, Jay, Milton and Pensacola as well as the unincorporated areas of the counties.
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7 Responses to “Santa Rosa Joins Escambia In Issuing Burn Ban”
Does this suprise you?! Welcome to northwest florida!!
If it continues to rain the ban may be lifted by the forth.
Another shining moment in the history of Don Salter and the other County Commisioners. The one’s that dont give a rats about North Santa Rosa County. Geeez.
Been saving yard debris for months waiting for it to rain. NOW there’s a burn ban??? Someone in authority with some common sense, please rescind this or the landfill is going to be full of yard debris!
This makes no sense. It is wet out there now. It has rained tons. When CAN we butn? When it is all hot and dry? I do not understand.
It is interesting that so many government officials have waited until it has started to rain to enact the burn ban….
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This is the local Govt for you. This should have been inacted in April when we went 22 days with no rain. Now that they have gotten around to a burn ban (especially after 4 inches of local rain over the last 2 days) it is a move to have yet another reason to arrest people over sparklers on the 4th.