August 21, 2024 – Conditions favoring wildfires continue to increase Wednesday. Additional counties North, East, South and West of Hopkins County have issued burn bans already.
Based on the current weather forecast, it’s only a matter of time before the yearly summer ban will be in effect.
In 2023, a county wide ban was put into place on August 28.
In August of 2020, almost every county in Texas was under a burn ban.
Counties along the Red River north of Hopkins County enacted a burn bans Tuesday.
No word yet on when a burn ban will be placed on Hopkins County this summer.
