County wide burn ban to take effect June 21

Due to the increasing fire danger conditions in Mountain Home and surrounding communities, a county-wide burn ban is set to take effect June 21.

On Friday, the Elmore County board of commissioners officially signed the order, which affects all residents living in Mountain Home, the Mountain Home Rural Fire District as well as the rural fire agencies in Glenns Ferry and King Hill.

The restriction prohibits all open burning of yard waste and debris and also bans the use of burn barrels, campfires, warming fires and the discharge of tracer rounds from various weapons.

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