Burn Ban In Effect For Rogers County

A burn ban has been put into effect by the Rogers County Board of County Commissioners.

In a release, the board said that a large portion of the county is seeing severe drought conditions and that the majority of Rogers County Fire Chiefs are reporting "above-normal" fire occurrences. The burn ban will be in effect for at least the next 12 days and prohibits setting fire to grass, forests, crops, trash, or building a bonfire.

The burn ban does not apply to gas or electric grilling or industrial welding over non-flammable surfaces.