As families gather to celebrate Independence Day with fireworks, cookouts and lake days, local hospitals are bracing for a spike in burn injuries. The Fourth of July is one of the busiest times of ...

More than a dozen Florida counties have issued burn bans due to drought conditions. Burn bans are typically issued when the Keetch-Byram Drought Index, which measures soil dryness, reaches a certain ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While a current burn ban in Polk County includes a prohibition of lighting fireworks, the Polk County Sheriff's Office says ...

As Austin prepares for the fireworks and fiestas of the new year, the Travis County Fire Marshal has enacted a burn ban for unincorporated areas of the county. “New Year’s Eve should be a time for ...

FAYETTEVILLE -- Area residents looking to start the new year with a bang may be disappointed as burn bans in Benton and Washington counties make the use of fireworks temporarily illegal. Washington ...

Not everyone may be firing off fireworks in Florida this New Year's Eve. Weeks, even months of drought in some areas have caused more than a dozen Florida counties to issue burn bans, which restrict ...

While a current burn ban in Polk County includes a prohibition of lighting fireworks, the Polk County Sheriff's Office says deputies will be taking a commonsense approach to enforcement over the New ...