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August 30th, 2007

BURN RESTRICTIONS LIFTED IN SKAGIT COUNTY

Skagit County – Due to the increase in fuel moisture levels and available fire resources, the Fire Marshal’s Office will lift the ban on outdoor burning. The burn ban will lift at 8 a.m. on Saturday September 1, 2007 for the unincorporated areas of Skagit County.

Recreational fires and other fires less than 4 feet in diameter will be allowed. Written burn permits for larger fires will be available by appointment no earlier than Tuesday September 4th, 2007.

A permanent ban on open burning remains in effect in the Cities of Anacortes, Burlington, Concrete, Hamilton, La Conner, Lyman, Mount Vernon, and Sedro Woolley and their urban growth areas. For more information on the permanent burn ban in these cities you may contact the Northwest Clean Air Agency at (800) 622-4627 or check their website at www.nwcleanair.org.

If you live in an area where open burning is allowed and want to have a fire that is over 4 feet in diameter you must call (360) 428-3293 on or after Tuesday September 4th, 2007 to obtain a burn permit. As always burning garbage and the use of burn barrels is illegal state wide and subject to fines up to $1000.00.

If your property falls under the jurisdiction of the Department of Natural Resources, please call (360) 856-3500 for burn permit information.