HAVRE, Mont. (NMB) – Starting Friday morning, the Hill County Commissioners will be instituting a county-wide burn ban due to the hot, dry weather in the region.
Commissioner Mark Peterson says that a burn ban is a temporary ban on open burning during extended periods of elevated fire danger due to wide spread amounts of dry natural vegetation compounded by contributing weather conditions and outdoor activities. Open burning may only be prohibited and penalties enforced during a declared emergency, like during periods of extreme fire danger.
The burn ban will be in effect until further notice.
