{"id":73075,"date":"2025-12-02T17:20:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T17:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/73075\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T17:20:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T17:20:10","slug":"travis-county-lifts-burn-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/73075\/","title":{"rendered":"Travis County lifts burn ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.traviscountytx.gov\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Travis County<\/a> Chief Fire Marshal Gary Howell lifted the burn ban for the unincorporated areas of Travis County on Nov. 25.<\/p>\n<p>The ban had been in place <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/austin\/north-central-austin\/government\/2025\/09\/23\/dry-weather-prompts-travis-county-to-reinstate-burn-ban-through-october\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">since September<\/a> due to the unseasonably warm temperatures and dry conditions that hit Central Texas this fall.<\/p>\n<p>After an exceptionally dry start to the fall, conditions have improved recently with rain and adequate humidity levels, lowering the immediate wildfire risk throughout the county, a news release states.<\/p>\n<p>Also of note<\/p>\n<p>Even with outdoor burning now allowed, residents are advised to remain careful and aware of potential fire dangers. Officials urge residents to keep water nearby in case a fire spreads and call 911 immediately if a fire gets out of control.<\/p>\n<p>Before burning outdoors, residents should contact their local fire department and secure any required permits. For guidance on which fire department to notify, call the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.traviscountytx.gov\/fire-marshal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fire Marshal\u2019s Office<\/a> at 512-854-4621.<\/p>\n<p>All outdoor burning must comply with state regulations under <a href=\"http:\/\/file:\/\/\/Users\/hmcleod\/Downloads\/outdoor-burning-in-texas-rg-49.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\">Texas Administrative Code<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Travis County residents can receive text alerts about burn ban status by texting TCBURNBAN to 888777.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Travis County Chief Fire Marshal Gary Howell lifted the burn ban for the unincorporated areas of Travis County&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73076,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,36505,36493,36497,36490,36492,36503,36499,36506,36495,36488,36500,36501,36489,36494,36491,36504,36498,36496,36507,36502],"class_list":["post-73075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-burn-ban-lifted-travis-county","tag-central-texas-wildfire-risk","tag-fire-safety-tips","tag-gary-howell","tag-outdoor-burning-travis-county","tag-outdoor-fire-permits","tag-tcburnban-alerts","tag-texas-administrative-code-fire-rules","tag-texas-burn-ban","tag-travis-county-burn-ban","tag-travis-county-emergency-alerts","tag-travis-county-fire-department","tag-travis-county-fire-marshal","tag-travis-county-fire-regulations","tag-travis-county-fire-safety","tag-travis-county-fire-warnings","tag-travis-county-news","tag-travis-county-permits","tag-travis-county-residents-fire-alert","tag-wildfire-safety-central-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73075","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=73075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}