If rain materializes this week, fire season, the burn ban and regulated use will end this week.
The prohibition on fires and the required presence of firefighting equipment at work sites is scheduled to end on Thursday.
“It looks like we’re going to get rain starting Tuesday,” said Ed Keith, Oregon Department of Forestry Sweet Home Unit forester.
Awaiting rain, area fire chiefs and officials extended the burn ban at the end of September.
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