VIDEO: As fires threaten areas across the state - most notably the Pilot Mountain fire north of Charlotte - the North Carolina Forest Service is banning all “open burning” and canceling all burning permits statewide.
As the WBTV First Alert weather team has been monitoring the situation, the dry conditions and lack of rain have created ideal conditions for brush fires across the state.
Up in Lincoln County, the Denver Fire Department responded to two brush fires over the past couple of days.
Now, officials with the forest service say this new ban prohibits all open burning more than 100 feet from a structure, cancels all existing burning permits and suspends issuing new ones, and calls for all fires to be extinguished, including in residents’ yards.
If not, they risk getting a citation or a fine.