As firefighters from across the area and around the state help battle the Ross Fire in Palo Pinto and Jack counties, Stephens County has enacted an emergency burn ban with more restrictions than have been in place recently.
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A wildfire that broke out Saturday in southeast Stephens County near the Eastland County line burned 16 acres before being contained.
The Stephens County Commissioners Court reinstated the burn ban, authorized funding for law enforcement training and approved advertising for county projects during a regular meeting Monday, Dec. 8, but postponed action on a couple of agenda items.
With a weather forecast showing high temperatures at 100 degrees or higher for the next week or two, the Stephens County Commissioners voted in a special meeting this morning, July 21, to put a burn ban in place for the county.
On Monday, March 10, the Stephens County Commissioners voted to implement a burn ban for the county.
At their meeting on Monday, Sept. 9, Stephens County commissioners voted to lift a countywide burn ban.
Area firefighters are on the scene of a grassfire in northeast Stephens County, just hours after the County Commissioners enhanced the burn ban that’s been in place since June 24.
Stephens County residents remain under a fire ban after the County Commissioners took no action on the agenda item at their meeting this morning, July 8.
The Breckenridge Fire Department responded to wildfire off of State Highway 67 shortly after 5 p.m. Thursday evening, June 27, quickly extinguishing the blaze.
At their meeting on Monday, June 24, the Stephens County Commissioners voted to enact a burn ban for the unincorporated areas of the county.
