He called on county sheriffs to do so instead, saying “we are going to be pressuring the area to stop backyard burning,” according to ... a sizable percentage of residents’ trash is still being burned ...

Q: How would a burn ban impact residents? A: Many residents in Oklahoma County do not have regular trash service and rely on burning trash for disposal. Additionally, there are still tree limbs ...

With fire season starting, officials with the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Air Quality Division wants to remind people it is illegal to burn trash.

Trash burning has been illegal since 1971 in the state and under the law, NCDEQ can issue fines of up to $25,000. There are some provisions on what type of yard waste is acceptable to burn.