ANDREWS – The spring fire season doesn’t begin until the end of next month, but the potential exists for a severe season like 2011, according to Andrews County Emergency Management Coordinator Mike Cook.
Cook on Tuesday morning recommended a county burn ban that was approved by the commissioners court.
The 90-day order prohibiting outdoor burning runs through early April, which is why Cook recommended it in early January. It will span much of the spring fire season.
Cook told commissioners there haven’t been a lot of fire starts—grassfires—the past couple of months, but forecasts from the Texas Forest Service and National Weather Service ...