State regulators have issued a fire ban as drought conditions continue to intensify across the state and fire danger is now high in every Vermont county .

Starting at 12 p.m. on Monday, town fire wardens will no longer issue burn permits until further notice.

“Persistent dry conditions coupled with dry falling leaves create a high risk for rapid fire spread,” said Forest Fire Supervisor Dan Dillner in a press release. “With ground water deficits, fires will burn into the soil, consuming dried organic matter as fuel. These fires require considerable resources to contain and extinguish.”

The Green Mountain National Forest is also restricting fires, limiting them to fire pits or grills at established campsites and recreational areas within the forest.

Vermont saw its driest August on r

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