By JONATHAN ZWEYGARDT
Hays Post

Less than a week after the Ellis County Commission voted to implement a county-wide burn ban, the area received so much rain that the ban has been temporarily lifted.

“Due to the significant amount of rainfall over the weekend and the forecasted precipitation over the next couple weeks, the burn ban has been lifted,” Ellis County Rural Fire Director Darin Myers said Monday.

Myers said anyone wanting to perform an outdoor burn still should contact the county’s communications department for permission to burn.

“In the event that the control burn becomes out of your control, please call 911 immediately for our assistance,” he said.

When the burn ban is reinstated, Myers said they will attempt to give the public as much as advanced notice as possible.

The Ellis County Communications department phone number is (785) 625-1011.