WV Spring Fire Season, burning restrictions returned March 1

The start of West Virginia’s annual spring fire season on Saturday, March 1, marks the return of burning restrictions.

The West Virginia Division of Forestry (WV DOF) reminds residents to con- fine outdoor burning to 5 p.m. to 7 a.m., according to West Virginia State Code Chapter 20-3-5. Fires set during that time must be put out before 7 a.m.

“Even though we have had a wet and snowy winter, it doesn’t take very…