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DELAND -- Volusia County Fire Services will lift the outdoor burn and fireworks bans for the county’s unincorporated areas as well as the cities of Lake Helen, Oak Hill and Pierson at 12:01 a.m. Saturday.
“The environmental conditions have improved in the last week, allowing us to rescind these bans,” Volusia County Fire Services Chief Joseph Pozzo said. “We ask residents and visitors to continue practicing wildfire safety because there is a significant amount of dry vegetation throughout the county.”
Pozzo said residents should not discard cigarettes from moving vehicles or park a hot car or operate all-terrain vehicles on dry grass.
Outdoor fires and grills should be attended constantly and extinguished completely, and lawn mowers and farm equipment should be checked to make sure they have properly working spark arresters. The burn ban had been issued Dec. 18, and the fireworks ban took effect Jan. 6.