Burn ban for parts of Snohomish County begins Friday

Published 1:30 am Thursday, July 12, 2018

Associated Press

Snohomish and King counties have joined a host of others in Western Washington enacting outdoor burn bans as warm, dry summer weather arrives.

In Snohomish County, outdoor burning will be banned in all unincorporated areas starting Friday, except for small recreational fires.

In King County, a burn ban will take effect Saturday in all unincorporated areas, where all outdoor burning will be prohibited except for small recreational fires in established pits.

Counties including Whatcom, Kitsap, Skagit, Pierce, Island, Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason and Pacific have all enacted similar burn bans that have started already or will take effect by this weekend.