The burn ban issued for Carroll County in October has been lifted. The order was initially put in place on Oct. 12 with support from all fire departments in the county following a string of field fires resulting from unusually dry conditions for the region combined with agricultural equipment running in the fields. On Friday, Nov. 4, Carroll County fire chiefs submitted a request to the Iowa Fire Marshal’s Office for the ban to be lifted, and restrictions were removed effectively at 10 a.m. that morning. Crawford is the only remaining county in the region with an active burn ban, which has been in place since Sept. 30. The 2022 harvest season has seen an abnormally high number of field fires, including one last week that required residents of Ricketts to evacuate after an uncontrolled blaze threatened to destroy their town. Fortunately, firefighters were able to stop the fire before it reached the community or caused any injuries.
