FIRE REPORT: Annual burn ban ends Sept. 30 as fires continue across state
An excavator works at the Cowlitz Complex Monday. The complex of 30 fires has been burning since Aug. 25 and is 39% contained.
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MOSES LAKE — The burn ban in Grant and Adams counties ends Saturday, according to Grant County Fire District 3’s website. Once the ban is lifted, the normal regulations will apply to residential and agricultural burning, the website said. For residential burning in unincorporated Grant County, one pile of natural vegetation 4 feet by 4 feet by 3 feet may be burned at least 50 feet from structures and 500 feet from forest slash, provided the person doing the burning stays in attendance the whole time with a way to extinguish the fire, the smoke doesn’t affect the neighbors and the fire is out before dark. Adams County allows unincorporated residents to burn a single pile of vegetation no more than 10 feet in diameter and 10 feet in height, with the stipulation that the person burning be present with fire extinguishers or hoses connected to a water supply. Burning is prohibited by state law within any city limits, and the use of burn barrels is always illegal.
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