{"id":239242,"date":"2026-04-07T20:29:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T20:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/239242\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T20:29:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T20:29:40","slug":"burn-ban-lifted-in-unincorporated-travis-county-after-early-april-showers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/239242\/","title":{"rendered":"Burn ban lifted in unincorporated Travis County after early April showers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTravis County officials have lifted a burn ban for unincorporated areas of Travis County that <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/austin\/lake-travis-westlake\/government\/2026\/02\/10\/burn-ban-reinstated-for-unincorporated-travis-county-following-uptick-in-fires\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">began in February<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Recent rainfall over the weekend of April 3-5 along with additional rain forecasted in the coming days is expected to improve moisture levels and reduce the threat of wildfires, according to county information.<\/p>\n<p>What you need to know<\/p>\n<p>While outdoor burning is now allowed in unincorporated areas, residents should use caution and be aware of fire conditions, according to county information. County officials suggest keeping a fire extinguisher or water nearby while burning.<\/p>\n<p>Before conducting outdoor burning, residents are expected to contact their local fire department and receive any necessary permits. Residents should call 911 if a fire becomes uncontrolled.<\/p>\n<p>What they&#8217;re saying<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRecent rainfall has significantly improved conditions across Travis County, and with more rain in the forecast, I am cautiously optimistic conditions will continue to improve,\u201d Travis County Fire Marshal Gary Howell said in a news release. \u201cEven so, outdoor burning can still pose dangers if not done responsibly, so we urge residents to stay cautious and prepared.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The backstory <\/p>\n<p>The county reinstated a burn ban Feb. 10 after county officials responded to 20-25 fires Feb. 7, Howell said at the Feb. 10 meeting. The burn ban was extended <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/austin\/north-central-austin\/government\/2026\/02\/24\/burn-ban-extended-for-unincorporated-travis-county-due-to-dry-conditions\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Feb. 24 <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/austin\/south-central-austin\/government\/2026\/03\/24\/burn-ban-to-continue-in-unincorporated-travis-county-amid-dry-conditions\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 24<\/a> as dry conditions and elevated wildfire risk continued.<\/p>\n<p>On March 22, a <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/austin\/bastrop-cedar-creek\/government\/2026\/03\/23\/46-acres-catch-fire-at-bastrop-state-park-eastbound-hwy-21-lane-closed\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wildfire broke out<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/tpwd.texas.gov\/state-parks\/bastrop\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bastrop State Park<\/a> consuming at least 46 acres, according to previous Community Impact reporting.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned<\/p>\n<p>Residents can receive burn ban status updates by texting TCBURNBAN to 888777.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Travis County officials have lifted a burn ban for unincorporated areas of Travis County that began in February.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239243,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,91893,91896,91895,85570,91894,36499,91899,91892,91897,91898],"class_list":["post-239242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-burn-ban-travis-county-texas","tag-burn-ban-updates-texas","tag-central-texas-wildfire-conditions","tag-fire-safety-travis-county","tag-outdoor-burning-rules-travis-county","tag-tcburnban-alerts","tag-texas-burn-restrictions","tag-travis-county-burn-ban-lifted","tag-travis-county-fire-marshal-gary-howell","tag-unincorporated-travis-county-burning-rules"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}