THE STATE DEPARTMENT of Natural Resources has upgraded the fire danger on the North Olympic Peninsula to high.
Clallam County has increased its fire restrictions, Fire Marshal Annette Warren said Friday.
Jefferson County has had similar restrictions in place since the summer burn ban went into effect on July 1, said Bill Beezley, East Jefferson Fire Rescue spokesman.
“Jefferson’s fire danger is now high but that doesn’t change the current burn ban status,” he said.
In both counties, yard-clearing or land-clearing fires are prohibited but recreational fires are permitted within certain limits.
Camp fires can be a maximum of three feet in diameter and two feet in height when they are contained within a concrete or metal fire pit in an approved campground or on private property with the owner’s permission.
Campgrounds within the Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest are not regulated by the county and have their own restrictions.
The East Jefferson Fire Rescue page is expected to be updated by Monday, Beezley said.
For more information about burning restrictions, see http://www.clallam.net/index.html in Clallam County and http://www.ejfr.org/ in Jefferson County.