State of local emergency, burn ban for Lee County, Florida
3/16/2023 1:46:11 AM
CATEGORIES:
Fire
Relief, Response & Restrictions
AFFECTED AREAS:
Lee County, FL
Start Date: 3/7/2023
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The Lee County Board of County Commissioners met on March 7 and signed a state of local emergency and burn ban after the board voted at its regularly scheduled meeting on March 7 to authorize the chairman to enact the burn ban when the Keetch-Byram Drought Index reached or exceeded 600.
The KBDI was a mean average of 602 on March 9, so the burn ban was enacted for the unincorporated parts of the county and municipalities, due to increasingly dry conditions throughout Southwest Florida.
Sanibel Captiva (Fla.), March 15, 2023
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