DO NOT DO ANY OUTDOOR BURNING!!
Effective immediately, the Alabama Forestry Commission has suspended the issuance of all burn permits through Sunday, March 2, due to gusty winds and low relative humidities. The weather situation will be re-evaluated on Monday.
Very low relative humidities statewide and gusty winds, combined with drying fuels resulting from the lack of significant rain, have resulted in 95 wildfire ignitions today alone. In the last seven days, the agency has responded to 263 wildfires that have burned more than 6,400 acres of forestland across the state.
Firefighters across Cherokee County stayed busy Saturday battling wildfires that were supposed to be Controlled Burns. Ellisville, Centre and Mt. Weisner Fire Units responded to a blaze on county road 431 threatening structures. Spring Creek, McCords, Cedar Bluff, Ellisville and the Forestry Unit responded to a wildfire on County Road 16 near Noah Church. Units from Cedar Bluff, McCord’s Crossroads and EMA responded to a wildfire on County Road 658. All units were on the scene of these fires due to high wind and low humidity values causing the fire to spread quickly and very difficult to control. Several other units were out on wildfires Saturday including Gaylesville, Broomtown, Leesburg, Spring Garden, and Tuckers Chapel.
