Walton County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to reinstate county permitting of beach bonfires and special events on the beach effective immediately, amending the terms of the local state of emergency declared in March. The beach bonfires had to clear a second hurdle, an outdoor burning ban instituted by the county commission early this month as the Mussett Bayou fire burned across nearly 350 acres of South Walton County. That ban was lifted with a unanimous commission vote on Tuesday, after commissioners heard from Walton County Administrator Larry Jones. According to Jones, local fire chiefs had recently consulted with Walter Bowers, Walton County area supervisor for the Florida Forest Service, and all were “in agreement that lifting it would be appropriate, with continuing monitoring, and be(ing) prepared that if we need it again, we can reenact it.”