Due to dry weather conditions over an extensive period resulting in a drought index rating exceeding 500 on a scale of 0-800, the Highlands County Board of County Commissioners has approved a burn ban for the county to take effect immediately.
No burning, residential or otherwise of any kind, may occur without a state of Florida Forest Service permit.
The burn ban includes, but is not limited to, all outdoor burning:
– Yard trash, vegetation, grass
– Lumber, trees
– Household paper products
– Debris
