Effective This Morning Open Burning Including Recreational Camp Fires, Not Allowed within Fergus Falls City Limits.

Effective this morning open burning, to include recreational camp fires, are not allowed within Fergus Falls city limits.

Fergus Falls Fire Chief Ryan Muchow said in a release that, “This is in response to the latest update from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources that Otter Tail County is one of 14 additional counties in the state ceasing Open Burning.”

Here is direct information from the Wildfire Information section of DNR website:

No open burning – No campfires

“…all campfires and recreational fires are banned, prescribed burning is prohibited on private lands, and the use of welding devices and other torches is prohibited when in proximity to combustible vegetation. Counties subject to these additional restrictions are: Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clearwater, Cook, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, Mahnomen, Otter Tail, the northern portion of St. Louis and Wadena counties, excluding tribal trust lands.

In these 14 counties, campers must take note that in the backcountry, and at campsites, only gas or propane camp stoves are allowed. Gas and charcoal grills are allowed at occupied homes, cabins and resorts. Charcoal and gas fires must be in devices designed for grilling.”

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