County issues stern warning on burn ban: 'No burning. None.'

Tom Green County commissioners stressed that a countywide burn ban is in effect and warned residents that burning without authorization can result in citations and hazardous conditions.

Commissioner (speaker 4) emphasized enforcement, saying, "burn ban means no burn... No burning. None. Conditions are super dry," and reminded residents that prescribed burns require the judge's signature and that the judge had not authorized any new prescribed burns recently. The presiding official noted one recent prescribed burn in Christoval but said that otherwise open burning is illegal under current conditions.

Commissioners asked residents to heed volunteer fire departments' guidance and warned that escaped burns that damage structures will carry steeper consequences. The court framed the advisory as public-safety guidance rather than a long-term policy change; staff will continue monitoring conditions.