{"id":676446,"date":"2017-12-14T09:29:37","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T15:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=676446"},"modified":"2017-12-15T10:29:21","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T16:29:21","slug":"smith-county-fire-marshal-asks-residents-not-to-burn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=676446","title":{"rendered":"Smith County Fire Marshal Asks Residents Not to Burn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2017\/12\/wasson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"118\" height=\"131\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-676447\" \/>SMITH COUNTY &#8212; Smith County Fire Marshal Connie McCoy-Wasson is asking people to refrain from burning until the area sees a substantial amount of rainfall. There is a chance of rain this weekend. &#8220;With the low humidity and high winds, the fire danger is extremely high right now.&#8221; she said. With the New Year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fireworks season approaching, Mrs. McCoy-Wasson cautioned residents who may use fireworks to be extremely careful. If fireworks cause a fire, the person setting them can be held liable, she said. On Wednesday, December 13, the National Weather Service out of Shreveport, La., issued a fire danger statement.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153A very dry air mass and strong southwest winds will result in an enhanced risk for wildfires \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d it reported. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Extreme care is urged during all outdoor activities where there is a potential for grass fires and for fires to start and spread rapidly. Avoid outdoor burning of trash and do not toss lit cigarette butts outside, especially from a moving vehicle where winds can quickly fan a flame.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SMITH COUNTY &#8212; Smith County Fire Marshal Connie McCoy-Wasson is asking people to refrain from burning until the area sees a substantial amount of rainfall. There is a chance of rain this weekend. &#8220;With the low humidity and high winds, the fire danger is extremely high right now.&#8221; she said. With the New Year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fireworks &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=676446\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Smith County Fire Marshal Asks Residents Not to Burn<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":676447,"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-676446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-16 03:08:34","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\/676446","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\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=676446"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":676482,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676446\/revisions\/676482"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/676447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=676446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=676446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=676446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}