Hill County and City of Havre to implement fire restrictions Friday

Hill County will move into Stage 1 fire restrictions Friday after seeing five fires in the past week.

During a regional fire call this morning Hill County Commissioner Jake Strissel said all five fires were human caused and affected 25 acres of land since the fire call last week, so the county will be implementing Stage 1 fire restrictions.

These restrictions prohibit building, maintaining, attending, or using a fire or campfire unless noted in the exemptions below or as designated in the specific closure order.

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