As the weather heats up, burn bans are in place around Oregon.

Bend, Redmond, Prineville, Sisters, John Day and The Dalles all started fire restrictions this week to stop people from burning yard debris around their homes.

Ben Duda with the Oregon Department of Forestry says by this time of the year, people should have cleaned up their yards already and cleared brush away from their homes.

“As we get warmer and dryer, we start turning the fire restrictions on,” he said. “And that’s kind of the first step. All of the defensible space and yard clean up should have been done last month, really.”

Homeowners are urged to cut back brush in their yards and make sure no vegetation stands right up against the house.

“We’re hoping people got that cleaned up,” Duda said. “And if they haven’t, lo

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