Kentucky’s fall forest fire hazard season officially begins Saturday. Some eastern Kentucky wildfires have already broken out.
Officials with the State Division of Forestry say nearly 1500 wildfires occur each year across Kentucky. Division Assistant Director Steve Kull says a relatively wet summer has given way to some drying. “We’ve actually had a couple of small fires already, which is not typical. And, that’s an indicators that it is dry out there,” said Kull.
Kull says those fires were in Clay, Floyd, and Pike Counties. Starting tomorrow, open burning within 150 feet of any woodland or brush land between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. is prohibited. That runs until mid- December.?
