Kentucky
Good Question: What impact does Helene have on burn bans in Kentucky?
(WKYT)—For today’s Good Question, Louis asks: What impact does Helene have on burn bans in Kentucky?
Absolutely none. Those burn restrictions are still in place, starting today.
October 1 marks the beginning of Kentucky’s fall forest fire hazard season.
For the next two and a half months, it is illegal to burn anything within 150 feet of any woodland or brushland between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. unless there’s snow on the ground.
The recent rain from Helene doesn’t change any of that.
The Forest Service says that’s because as the leaves come off the trees, it only takes a bit of sun and wind to dry them, making them able to burn.
Spring forest fire season starts again in mid-February.
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