BURN BAN RESTRICTING OUTDOOR BURNING STILL IN EFFECT JULY 7, 2021
NEWS RELEASE
Thursday, July 1, 2021
Contact: Grays Harbor County Fire Marshal’s Office (360) 249-4222
Burn Ban Restricting Outdoor Burning
MONTESANO —Effective 12:01 A.M. Friday, July 2nd , 2021. With the continued trend of warm and dry weather the Grays Harbor County Fire Marshal’s office and Fire Districts, will be following the direction of Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and enacting restrictions on all outdoor burning in Grays Harbor County until conditions moderate.
Charcoal and wood burning, recreational campfires, residential yard waste and land clearing burning are prohibited until further notice.
The use of natural and propane gas burning self-contained camping stoves and natural and propane gas burning portable fire pits are allowed.
Please contact your local fire district for further information and the Washington State Department of Natural Resources for updates on burn restrictions at 1-800-323-BURN or visit their website at https://www.dnr.wa.gov/. Contact ORCAA at 1-800-422-5623 or visit their website at www.orcaa.org for a full list of burn restrictions in the local and surrounding areas.
Click link below to read:
STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES,
Hilary S. Franz, Commissioner of Public Lands
Commissioner's Order Number 2021 , July 1, 2021
At the time of this notice Washington State Parks was enacting a similar ban for local beaches.
Click here to learn more
For current information about fires on local BEACHES contact WASHINGTON STATE PARKS @ (360) 902-8844.
For more information on local fire restrictions:
Fire Districts: Emergency pages of the local telephone book.
City Fire Departments: Government pages of the local telephone book.
Washington State Department of Natural Resources: Pacific Cascade Regional Office at (360) 577-2025 or Olympic Region Office at (360) 374-2811
Grays Harbor County: Fire Marshal’s Office at (360) 249-4222
Olympic Region Clean Air Agency: 1-800-422-5623
Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest: (360) 565-3121
For the most current updates on burn restrictions
Contact ORCAA at 1-800-422-5623 or visit their website at www.orcaa.org.