Crime & Safety
Plymouth Residents Asked To Suspend Recreational Fires
With high temps, low humidity and increased winds, it is dangerous conditions to be open burning in the city and across the metro.
According to a city press release, the Plymouth Fire Department is asking residents to suspend recreational fires.
"Unusually high temps and low humidity combined with increasing winds are creating potentially dangerous fire conditions across much of our region, prompting open burning restrictions," states the press release from Plymouth Fire Chief Rick Kline.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources gave the metro area a very high level rating for the danger of fire.
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"Great care should be taken with any outdoor fire right now. Under our current conditions, fires can start very easily, spread rapidly and intensify quickly," according to Kline in the press release.
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