Due to the increase in fuel moisture levels the Fire Marshal’s Office has modified the burn restriction for the unincorporated areas of San Juan County, to only allow recreational fires that are smaller than three feet in diameter and two feet high.

Recreational fires are for cooking and pleasure, consisting only of charcoal or firewood and they must be in an improved pit or enclosure no larger than three feet across and 16 inches high, and burned material must be kept lower than the sidewalls of the enclosure.

The following must be in the immediate vicinity of the enclosure and present at all times during burning: a charged garden hose or two five-gallon buckets of water or a 5-pound class A fire extinguisher and a shovel. Fires must be 10 feet from any standing timber and there must be no tree branches within 10 feet above the enclosure. There must be at least one person 16 years of age or older who is capable of putting the fire out in attendance at all  times.

If you have any questions about open burning in San Juan County,  contact the San Juan County Fire Marshal at 378-3473.