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Temporary Burn Ban Issued In Abington Township

The township's fire marshal issued the ban for Abington, which joins three other Montgomery County communities.

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Abington Township has issued a 30-day temporary burn ban due to dry conditions and brush fires in the Philadelphia region.
Abington Township has issued a 30-day temporary burn ban due to dry conditions and brush fires in the Philadelphia region. (Bucks County)

ABINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA —The township has become the latest Montgomery County community to issue a burn ban due to recent brush fires in the region due to dry conditions.

The Abington Township Fire Marshal has issued a 30-day burn ban that went into effect on Friday.

The ban prohibits any recreational fires, bonfires, or fireworks.

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Hatboro, Cheltenham Township, and Lower Moreland Township have already issued temporary burn bans.

Please see the township's press release below about the burn ban:

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