Cal Fire Suspends Open Burning Permits Across State
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KCBS) -- Six Bay Area counties and five others across California are under new fire restrictions as a precaution due to unusually dry weather conditions.In recent years Californians have been warned about potentially bad fire seasons that rarely materialize, but Cal Fire Spokesman Chris Morgan says this year is different.
“Southern California only had two and a half inches of rain and we’re only 65 percent of normal,” he said. “California is actually a Mediterranean type of climate, it’s built to burn, but this year it has dried out much sooner.”
State firefighters were called out five weeks ahead of the official start of fire season this year. Morgan said the suspension of burn permits will last until the start of the rainy season in November.
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