BURN BANS ACTIVE IN SEVERAL AREA COUNTIES

AUSTIN, COLORADO, FAYETTE, GRIMES, LEE, WALLER COUNTIES ALL UNDER BURN BAN

  
(courtesy Texas A&M Forest Service)

As hot and dry conditions persist around the area, bans on outdoor burning are starting to pop up.

Update @ 6:40 a.m. Thursday: On Wednesday, Grimes County passed a burn ban.

Austin and Lee counties enacted burn bans on Monday.

They join Fayette and Waller counties, who approved burn bans last week, and Colorado County, who instituted a burn ban last month.

Out of the 254 counties in Texas, at least 133 are under a burn ban as of Wednesday.

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