burn ban

The dry summer continues in North Dakota, forcing many towns and municipalities to urge residents to conserve water.

Units from Mandan, Bismarck  and the ND Forest Service responded to a grass fire Monday (3/14) to an area north of Mandan and took action to save two houses with foam.

UPDATE: more counties are considering a burn ban; read abut it here from the Tribune. More than half of North Dakota is in the “extreme” category of the fire danger index - including Morton County, which declared a "burn ban" Friday.  Burleigh and Emmons Counties have also issued burning restrictions.