With Fourth of July celebrations set to commence next week, Kendall County’s burn ban status was a hot topic on Monday’s Kendall County Commissioners Court agenda.
The commission, at its June 10 meeting, banned the sale of aerial fireworks such as sticks, fins and missiles due to extraordinarily dry conditions throughout the county.
But with the amount of precipitation Kendall County has experienced in the past week, the fireworks ban has been lifted.
Brady Constantine, county fire marshal, said the ban on aerial fireworks has expired, allowing county residents to purchase the previously blocked sticks, fins and missiles. This will allow residents to continue with any traditional celebrations.
The targeted aerials are launched skyward without the ability to be controlled and tradition ally are most likely to spark or spread fires because of potentially errant landings.
Constantine said the county’s Keetch-Byram Drought Index “has come down significantly” since his June 10 report to the commissioners, thanks in large part to more than 1.5 inches of rain that fell June 19 and 20.
County commissioners voted to lift the county’s burn ban on Nov. 13, 2023, but have kept a close eye on the drought monitoring numbers since.
Information regarding the burn ban, aerial fireworks and the Keetch-Byram Drought Index can be found at the Kendall County website https:// www.co.kendall.tx.us/ and at the Texas Weather Connection website at https://twc.tamu.edu/ kbdi.
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