Dangerous fire conditions currently exist in the Central Texas area.\u202fIn accordance with established criteria, Austin Parks and Recreation\u00a0has issued a Parks Burning Restriction effective October 29, 2025,\u202fto ensure the safety of park patrons and surrounding communities, while minimizing the wildfire risk in the City\u2019s parks, greenbelts, and preserves. The burning restriction will be lifted when weather conditions are more favorable.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The burning restriction prohibits the building of fires and grilling in all City of Austin parks, greenbelts, and preserves \u2013 pursuant to City Code \u00a7 8-1-92 PARKS<\/a> Violations may result in a fine between $300 and $500.\u202fAustin Parks and Recreation will continue to evaluate fire conditions and will lift the burning restriction as soon as it is safe to do so; a press release will be distributed at that time. For more information about wildfires, please visit\u202fAustinTexas.gov\/Wildfire.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dangerous fire conditions currently exist in the Central Texas area.\u202fIn accordance with established criteria, Austin Parks and Recreation\u00a0has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":348263,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-348262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348262","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=348262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
BURNING RESTRICTIONS <\/a>\u2013 effective immediately and until further notice. This includes using wood or charcoal BBQ pits\/grills\/smokers. Propane stoves are allowed in designated picnic areas only. As a general reminder, smoking is always prohibited in City of Austin parks.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n