spring fire season
Fires blaze across 7,500 acres in various Virginia regions
Over 100 fires blazed in several parts of the state this week, burning about 7,500 acres throughout parts of Central, Southwest and Northern Virginia. By early Thursday morning, the Virginia Department of Forestry, local firefighter crews and national partners contained about half of them. The hotspots for the blazes include the Charlottesville and Roanoke areas, […]
Spring outdoor burning restrictions to start in Virginia Feb. 15
Statewide prohibitions on outdoor burning near woods or dry grass before 4 p.m. will go into effect Feb. 15 and run through April 30, as Virginia’s spring fire season begins. The law forbids open-air fires — such as campfires or fires to burn debris — within 300 feet of “any woodland, brushland, or field containing […]