Aiken County leaders to consider emergency burn ban

AIKEN, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) – A week after the Belvedere Fire Department requested a burn ban, the Aiken County Council will hold an emergency burn ban meeting Monday evening.

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Over the weekend, fire officials announced that a meeting would be held at 6 p.m. to discuss the request.

Weeks after Hurricane Helene, we still haven’t seen significant amounts of rain.

They are likely to become fire starters due to the piles of debris in the CSRA. Aiken County has not implemented a burn ban as of Nov. 4, and firefighters are struggling to keep up with the volume of fire calls.

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“We need law enforcement when people are doing this illegally, but as of today, we have yet to receive assistance on any of those calls besides requesting an emergency burn ban through the county council,” Chad Hyler said. Belvedere Fire Department.

Hyler adds that they have no way of knowing whether someone has a legal burn no-burn permit to burn debris in their home, increasing the number of wildfires that can lead to more destruction.

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