SUFFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Because of high winds, low relative humidity and extended drought conditions that “significantly increase the risk of fire spread,” Suffolk’s Fire Marshal’s Office has issued an emergency order to temporarily ban all open burning within the city limits, effective immediately.”
Those factors, according to the Fire Marshal’s Office, are “creating an immediate threat to life and property.”
It said the Virginia Department of Forestry has also reported elevated wildfire conditions.
Abnormally dry conditions helped fuel 100-acre fire in Suffolk
Suffolk’s emergency order comes after two recent wildfires in the city, most recently a two-alarm wildfire in the area of Indian Trail and Deer Path Road Saturday…