Open backyard burning in the Carson City limits has been canceled because of dry fire conditions, fire officials announced Thursday.
The Carson City Fire Department typically allows open backyard burning in spring and fall, however, the persistent drought in the region has played a role in several significant “off-season” wildland fires in the region.
“Some of the wildland fires around us in the past year were caused by open burn piles that were either left unattended or were not properly extinguished,” said Fire Chief Stacey Giomi. As recent as this week, there has been a Red Flag Warning for the potential to have a significant wildland fire.
The Carson City Fire Department plans to re-evaluate conditions in spring and hopefully, with some significant moisture, residents will be allowed to burn yard debris in March or April of 2013.
For more information contact Tom Tarulli at Ttarulli@carson.org or (775) 283-7159.
