{"id":130691,"date":"2011-10-04T14:49:52","date_gmt":"2011-10-04T19:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=130691"},"modified":"2011-10-05T15:16:08","modified_gmt":"2011-10-05T20:16:08","slug":"smith-county-burn-ban-exended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=130691","title":{"rendered":"Smith County Burn Ban Extended"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?attachment_id=130692\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-130692\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2011\/10\/flames_fire-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"flames_fire\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-130692\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nTYLER \u2014 The current burn ban in Smith County was extended for 90 days by the Smith County Commissioners Court during a regular meeting Tuesday morning. Smith County Fire Marshal Jim Seaton recommended the burn ban\u2019s extension due to continuing extreme drought conditions and the likelihood of a severe winter fire season. \u201cWe are expecting the severity of our fire situation to increase as we enter winter and the little bit of live foliage we still have dies off,\u201d Seaton said.<\/p>\n<p>Since July 1, the Smith County Fire Marshal\u2019s Office has recorded 563 fire responses, 372 burn ban warnings, 156 burn ban citations and three counts of reckless destruction of property. Smith County has also had 25 structures and 34 vehicles destroyed or damaged in wildfires.  Seaton cautioned that the burn ban extension will restrict many popular seasonal activities and products that involve an open flame including the use of camp fires, porch chimneys and fire pits, \u201ctiki-torches,\u201d mosquito candles and turkey fryers.  \u201cWe sympathize with burden the burn ban places on the citizens, but we in the fire service see no other alternative,\u201d Seaton said. Supervised outdoor grilling with a covered grilling device is not prohibited under the burn ban.  You can visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smith-county.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.smith-county.com<\/a> for a full copy of the burn ban and all ordinance restrictions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER \u2014 The current burn ban in Smith County was extended for 90 days by the Smith County Commissioners Court during a regular meeting Tuesday morning. Smith County Fire Marshal Jim Seaton recommended the burn ban\u2019s extension due to continuing extreme drought conditions and the likelihood of a severe winter fire season. \u201cWe are expecting &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=130691\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Smith County Burn Ban Extended<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-28 18:59:26","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130691","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\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=130691"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130990,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130691\/revisions\/130990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=130691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=130691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=130691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}