Many Guthrie County fire departments have seen a number of illegal and out of control burns this summer and one fire chief wants to remind folks on the procedure.
Bagley Fire Chief Jeremy Cooper says that any resident that wants to have an open burn needs to contact the county dispatch as well as contacting their local fire department. He says there is one measure people can take with an open burn.
“Well if you do a pre burn and create a fire line that way if you’re burning a CRP (Conservation Reserve Program land) ground or something then you’ll only burn up to that pre burn spot, they call it a fire break.”
Cooper says that the wind lately has been blowing so hard it has made it hard to control open burns. For more information about Iowa’s open burn regulations visit the link provided.