Ohio Fire Laws: Burn Ban in Effect

ZANESVILLE, Ohio – Local Fire Officials are reminding the public about a statewide burn ban that is now in effect.

There have been many instances where burning debris has gotten away and has caused a structure fire. Zanesville’s Interim Fire Chief Doug Hobson said this will take place during October and November.

“So the State Burn Ban went into effect yesterday and it is 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Now the reason we put a state burn ban into place is volunteer firemen they do their job but they have a full time job during the day so we want to make sure the fire houses are staffed in the evening before anybody starts to burn,” Hobson said.

In the City of Zanesville you can not have any kind of open burning. This includes things such as trash, debris and couches.

“Through the state burn ban any debris, any trash, any yard clean up, you cant have an open fire during this period,” Hobson said. “Now in the City of Zanesville what we do have is you can have a cooking fire. You can have a two foot wide by two foot wide by three foot tall cooking fire as long as it is surrounded by some type of protection and has a spark arrestor over it so the flames don’t make it to the structure.”

If you have some debris or trash that you would like to get rid of and normally burn it, there are other options such as removal companies. Hobson said it’s a cheaper option than causing a structure fire.