LIBERTY COUNTY, Texas - A burn ban is now in effect in Liberty County due to severe dry conditions in the area.

Liberty County under a burn ban

What we know:

Judge Jay Knight signed a declaration of local disaster after speaking with the Fire Marshal, who declared the drought conditions pose an "imminent threat of widespread or severe damage, injury, or loss of life, or property resulting from any natural or man-made cause, including fire…"

According to the declaration, circumstances in the county have exceeded the threshold in connection with severe drought conditions.

The severe drought conditions are determined by the Texas A&M Forest Service's use of the Keetch-Byrum Drought Index.

Residents will be violating the declaration if they engage in any burning of combustible material

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