Recent rains cancel burn bans in Door County
The recent rain that has hit Door County in the past week will allow you to resume some of your typical fall clean-up plans. As of 10:30 a.m., the entire state is at a low fire danger level thanks to anywhere between a half inch in Kolberg to nearly an inch in Fish Creek and Ephraim on Sunday. That followed a stretch last week where storms dumped one to three inches of rain ahead of Halloween celebrations in parts of Door County. The Brussels-Union-Gardner, Sturgeon Bay, Southern Door, and Egg Harbor Fire Departments have since announced that the burn ban was over and would restart accepting burn permit requests to assist property owners looking to get rid of brush piles. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has also called off its burn ban for the communities over which it has jurisdiction. The fire departments still urge property owners to always burn cautiously and obtain a burn permit when required.
