It may be relatively cool with considerable cloudiness for much of this week, yet many areas now have burn bans in place. Burn bans are in effect in Pierce, King, Kitsap, Snohomish, Mason, Clallam, San Juan, and Whatcom counties. Island County plans to implement an outdoor burn ban starting on July 1.
Many cities also have burn bans in place, such as Seattle, Mercer Island, Kirkland, Renton, and Redmond.
Conditions across much of Western Washington are drier than average, and the burn bans involve no open outdoor burning except for small recreational and cooking fires in approved fire pits. No open pile burning of any kind. For burn ban details, visit your local fire agency website…