An incident Wednesday afternoon served as a reminder that you must take extra precautions for the immediate future when starting a fire. The Southern Door Fire Department responded to a series of small grass fires at about 4:15 p.m. Fire Chief Rich Olson says the cause of the fire is unknown except that a vehicle was involved. Firefighters were able to put out the fires quickly, but the incident showed how dry the weather had been lately. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, Door County and portions of 19 other counties are currently experiencing moderate drought conditions. With fall clean-up season around the corner, Olson advises that if you plan on burning, you should do it in the morning.
According to The Weather Channel, Mother Nature will not help make things less dry outside of the morning dew. Over the next ten days, only two days have a chance of rain higher than 15 percent.
