With more than 20 pasture, grass and hay fires occurring, from all indications at the hands of arsonists, Allen County commissioners reinstated a countywide burning ban Tuesday morning.
The ban won’t prevent fires maliciously set, but it will give emphasis to efforts to track down those responsible for the fires, one of which consumed 250 bales of hay valued at about $25,000.
The criminal fires mainly have occurred in Geneva and Carlyle townships, north of Iola, including one over the holiday weekend and another Tuesday afternoon in the area of 800 Street and Virginia Road…
Burn ban reinstated
