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Don’t Let Your World Go Up in Smoke: Understanding Ohio’s Burn Ban

Don’t Let Your World Go Up in Smoke: Understanding Ohio’s Burn Ban

May 1, 2024 Press Release from the Ohio Department of Commerce and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources: COLUMBUS, Ohio – As Ohioans await the first day of Spring, the Ohio Department of Commerce Division of State Fire Marshal and Ohio Department of Natural Resources remind residents of the importance of adhering to the state's burn ban regulations, which take effect today, March 1, and last through May. Enacted approximately 70 years ago to safeguard property, the environment, and lives, the burn ban is a necessary measure to prevent outdoor fires that can quickly get out of control.