{"id":103673,"date":"2026-01-02T21:26:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T21:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/103673\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T21:26:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T21:26:07","slug":"cape-coral-enforces-burn-ban-to-prevent-fire-hazards-lee-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/103673\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Coral enforces burn ban to prevent fire hazards | Lee County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CAPE CORAL, Fla. &#8211; The City of Cape Coral implemented a temporary burn ban starting Friday to minimize fire hazards and ensure the safety and welfare of residents.<\/p>\n<p>This ban prohibits recreational burns, such as fire pits and campfires, as well as city-permitted burns like bonfires and land clearing control burns. Fireworks are also prohibited.<\/p>\n<p>Fires used solely for cooking purposes, where flames and heat are fully contained within a device like a grill, are still permitted.<\/p>\n<p>The burn ban will remain until the local drought index drops below 600 for seven consecutive days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CAPE CORAL, Fla. &#8211; The City of Cape Coral implemented a temporary burn ban starting Friday to minimize&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103674,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,3837,325],"class_list":{"0":"post-103673","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cape-coral","8":"tag-cape-coral","9":"tag-cape-coral-headlines","10":"tag-cape-coral-news","11":"tag-collaborator_gen_stories","12":"tag-lee"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}