Utah’s fire season, which generally runs from the beginning of June to the end of October, has been extended a month by state fire managers due to factors that continue to be a threat late into the season.
“Wildfire danger is extremely high due to extended lack of precipitation, warmer than usual weather and dry fuel condition throughout Utah,” a proclamation from the Utah Department of Natural Resources released Friday states.
The proclamation extended the state’s fire season to Nov. 30, which continues to ban open burning – such as debris burning and similar activities – on unincorporated state and private land across Utah as a whole.
The extended season will be rescinded as conditions allow, the proclamation states. Conditions will be evaluated on a daily basis, which may also allow some parts of Utah to allow burning before others.