ADAMS COUNTY, Ill. (WGEM) - Dry and hot conditions have led to several fire departments putting burn bans in place.

With temperatures on the rise in much of the Tri-States, several fire departments have implemented burn bans.

“If you lit a match and tossed it down there, it’s most likely going to catch a portion of your yard on fire,” said Tom Bentley, chief of the Tri-Township Fire Department.

Bentley explained burn bans cover everything except recreational fires. He sees the dry conditions as a major danger to the community.

“A person going by might be flicking a cigarette out and maybe catching a ditch on fire and maybe catching a field on fire,” he explained.

Bentley said Adams County as a whole does not have a burn ban in place yet, however there is one in Payson, as well as seve

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