Primghar, Iowa — According to the minutes of the O’Brien County Board of Supervisors for Tuesday, November 8th, the supervisors have requested to have the Iowa State Fire Marshal’s Office lift the burning ban for the rural areas of O’Brien County.
There has been no official word released yet from the State Fire Marshal’s office, but the supervisors’ resolution asked to have the burn ban lifted by 5:00 p.m. this Tuesday, November 8th, 2022.
The burning ban has been in place since September 20th. It was enacted as the fire marshal’s office said open burning constituted a danger to life or property. The ban ordered no open burning in unincorporated areas of O’Brien County.
A violation of the burning ban has been a simple misdemeanor.
