Due to the extremely dry conditions within the state, State Fire Marshal Butch Browning and, Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner, Mike Strain have issued a cease and desist order for all private burning.

This order is in effect until further notice. The Shreveport Bossier area has not had significant rainfall in several weeks.

This burn ban order DOES NOT include the following parishes: Bossier, Iberville, St. Landry, St. Mary.

This ban shall not apply to prescribed burns by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, by those trained and certified by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, or by those who conduct prescribed burning as a “generally accepted agriculture practice” as defined by the Louisiana Right to Farm Law

Violation of this Fire Marshal order could result in criminal and/or civil penalties.

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