Burn Bans Issued Across North Texas

Burn bans are designed to protect lives, homes, wild animals and the environment, and they're never more important than during July 4th — especially in North Texas. Commercial fireworks are hazardous, sometimes even deadly, and can cause significant damage and injury if misused.

According to the National Fire Prevention Association, fireworks start an average 18,500 fires each year, including 1,300 structure fires, 300 vehicle fires and 16,900 outside and other fires. These fires cause an average of three deaths, 40 civilian injuries and $43 million in direct property damage each year.

Moreover, in 2017, U.S. hospital emergency rooms treated an estimated 12,900 people for fireworks related injuries; 54% of those injuries were to the extremities and 36% were to the head, the Fire Prevention Association reports. Children younger than 15 years of age accounted for more than one-third (36%) of the estimated 2017 injuries. These injury estimates were obtained or derived from the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s 2015 Fireworks Annual Report by Yongling Tu.

These North Texas counties are under burn bans. In these places, it's illegal to use fireworks both within city limits and in rural areas as well.

>>> See the full list of Texas burn bans here.

• Archer
• Baylor
• Boxque
• Childress
• Comanche
• Coryell
• Eastland
• Fallas
• Freestone
• Hamillton
• Hardeman
• Harrison
• Hood
• Johnson
• Limestone
• McLennan
• Navarro
• Palo Pinto
• Parker
• Stephens
• Tarrant
• Throcckmorton
• Wilbarger
• Wise

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