{"id":1245932,"date":"2023-07-24T14:45:07","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T19:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1245932"},"modified":"2023-07-29T08:05:26","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T13:05:26","slug":"list-east-texas-counties-under-burn-bans-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1245932","title":{"rendered":"LIST: East Texas counties under burn bans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1150700\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2022\/08\/burn-ban_4-1-175x176.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"174\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2022\/08\/burn-ban_4-1-175x176.jpg 175w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2022\/08\/burn-ban_4-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2022\/08\/burn-ban_4-1.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 174px) 100vw, 174px\" \/>ANGELINA COUNTY \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Several East Texas counties have enacted burn bans due to dry conditions and fire risk. When a county issues a burn ban, all outdoor burning is prohibited in that county. Courtesy of our news partners at KETK, here is a list of burn bans across East Texas: <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>ANDERSON COUNTY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Anderson County Judge Carey McKinney has issued a seven-day burn ban put into effect on July 20. On July 24, the commissioner\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s court voted to extend the ban for 90 days.<br \/>\n<strong>ANGELINA COUNTY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Angelina County Judge Keith Wright issued a burn ban and local state of disaster on July 20, active for the next seven days unless extended by the county\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s commissioner\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s court.<br \/>\n<strong>CHEROKEE COUNTY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cherokee County Judge Chris Davis issued a burn ban and declaration of disaster with threat of wildfires on July 20.<\/p>\n<p>The ban will be active for the next seven days unless extended by the county\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s commissioner\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s court, and bans the practice of outdoor burning. A violation of the order is a class c misdemeanor with a fine not to exceed $500.<\/p>\n<p>Cherokee County\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s burn ban is also in effect for the entire City of Troup, according to city officials.<br \/>\n<strong>HOUSTON COUNTY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Houston County Judge Tim Lovell declared a local state of disaster and issued a burn ban on July 19. According to the burn ban, the declaration of local disaster will continue for seven days unless renewed by the Commissioners Court.<br \/>\n<strong>NACOGDOCHES COUNTY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nacogdoches County Judge Greg Sowell signed a declaration of disaster and order prohibiting outdoor burning on July 21 effective immediately.<\/p>\n<p>The order prohibits all outdoor burning with the exception of activities related to public health and safety.<br \/>\n<strong>POLK COUNTY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On July 19, Polk County Judge Sydney Murphy issued a burn ban due to a lack of rainfall and hot and dry forecasts. The burn ban will continue until rescinded, but will need authorization from the commissioners court to continue for more than seven days.<br \/>\n<strong>SHELBY COUNTY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Shelby County Sheriff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Office said that a burn ban is effect for Shelby County as of July 22.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANGELINA COUNTY \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Several East Texas counties have enacted burn bans due to dry conditions and fire risk. When a county issues a burn ban, all outdoor burning is prohibited in that county. Courtesy of our news partners at KETK, here is a list of burn bans across East Texas:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":1245936,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2022\/08\/burn-ban_4-1-175x176.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"LIST: East Texas counties under burn bans","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1245932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-17 06:01:00","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2022\/08\/burn-ban_4-1-175x176.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"LIST: East Texas counties under burn bans","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1245932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1245932"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1245932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1246478,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1245932\/revisions\/1246478"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1245936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1245932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1245932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1245932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}