Full Notification

Burn Ban is in effect beginning now and may end Saturday December 7. This is due to forecasted high fire danger weather and may be extended. Please Do Not conduct any open burning and be cautious disposing of fireplace ashes. 
Authority of Buncombe County Fire Marshal

Below is a statement from Buncombe County Fire Marshal

Buncombe County Fire Marshal Issues Open Burning Ban 

Effective at 12:00pm Wednesday on December 4^th  2024, the Buncombe County Fire Marshal’s Office in accordance with North Carolina State Building Code: Fire Prevention Code 307.1, and the Buncombe County Fire Prevention Ordinance is issuing a ban on open burning for all of Buncombe County due to adverse atmospheric conditions. Those conditions include high fire danger, low humidity, and strong gusty winds. There is to be no burning of yard waste, debris, or land clearing burns during this ban. It is never legal to burn anything other than naturally occurring vegetation. This ban does not include fires contained in a pit, barbecue grill, cooking fires, warming fires, or chimnea device smaller than three feet in diameter. 

The burning ban will be in effect until Saturday December 7^th 2024 at 9:00am. The ban could be extended based on atmospheric conditions at the time of expiration.

We always encourage residents to keep debris and other fuels away from structures including cleaning debris from gutters. Please help us to help you by giving a defensible space around structures. 
 

Instructions:

No Open Burning / Use Caution Disposing Fireplace Ash