From Brian Williams, director of Webster Parish Homeland Security and Jim Bonsall, president of Webster Parish Police Jury:

Due to an increase in grass/woods fires lately coupled with the lack of rainfall, and no significant rainfall in the near future, the Webster Parish Fire Chiefs Association has requested a burn ban for all of Webster Parish to prohibit all outdoor burning and open fires (including fire pits). This ban does not apply to prescribed burns by the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry. The ban shall remain in force until such time the Webster Parish Fire Chiefs Association determines that the weather conditions are safe enough to cancel the burn ban.