The Buncombe County open burning ban will be in effect until 9 a.m. Friday, March 21, when the weather is forecasted to begin ...

Buncombe County Fire Marshal has issued an open burn ban effective immediately due to extreme fire danger conditions, including low humidity and strong winds. The ban applies to all open burning of ...

The open burning of trash, metal, plastic and all other man-made materials not only harms the environment and poses a public health risk, it’s against state law.

The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has warned that it will crackdown on environmental offenders, particularly those ...

The Village of Stockton has set its open-burning dates for the spring. Burning of dry landscape waste will be allowed April 11-20, according to an online announcement. Such waste can include grass ...

Citing health and environmental concerns, the proposal would require developers to use other methods than open burning to get ...

Department of Environmental Quality officials add that most open burning is illegal. "If it doesn't grow, don't burn it,” ...

The Air Force has planned to dispose of these hazardous waste munitions through open burning/open detonation, OB/OD, operations, which entail burning the munitions in open air or blowing them up ...

The Buncombe County fire marshal issued an open burning ban on Wednesday, March 19, due to extreme fire danger conditions.