Murray County Sole Commissioner Greg Hogan last week repealed a burn ban he had enacted last month.
Hogan cited recent rainfall in rescinding the ban.
Officials in Whitfield County and the city of Dalton also enacted burn bans in November due to the extreme drought conditions. Both of those bans were for 30 days and will expire on Wednesday unless renewed. Officials in both jurisdictions said Monday they plan to let the bans expire.
“Due to recent rains, we will let it expire but urge all citizens to use caution when they burn leaves and limbs,” said Whitfield County Board of Commissioners Chairman Jevin Jensen. “As always, it is illegal to burn all household garbage and illegal to burn any construction waste including scrap lumber.”
City of Dalton Communications Director Bruce Frazier said the city will allow its burn ban to expire.
“However, just as a reminder, residents still have to obtain a permit for many outdoor burning situations (if not most),” he said. “There is a lot of information about what types of fires require burn permits and which do not (and also exceptions to those cases where they are allowed depending on the fire danger forecast, wind conditions, etc.) on the city website https://www.daltonga.gov/fire/page/burn-permits.”