Sonoma County prohibits outdoor burning
Another sign of summer: Outdoor burning is now prohibited in unincorporated areas of Sonoma County. This suspension took effect July 3 and includes all residential outdoor burning of landscape debris such as branches and leaves.
The increasing fire danger posed by dead grass and hotter, drier conditions in the region also prompted Cal Fire to suspend all burn permits for outdoor residential burning within the state responsibility areas of Sonoma, Lake, Napa, Solano, Yolo and Colusa counties.
The burn suspension includes all open burning, although agricultural, forest management, fire training, and other industrial type burning may proceed if a Cal Fire official or a local fire chief has inspected the area and issued a permit.
The burn suspension helps by allowing a quick fire agency response to all fires observed after July 3 as they are assumed to be uncontrolled fires, the agency said.
For more information on burning in unincorporated Sonoma County, please contact Permit Sonoma Fire Prevention Division at (707) 565-2361 or email [email protected].
