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Charcoal grill near park pavilion picnic area

Weather

Denton County Lifted Its Burn Ban October 5. Charcoal Grills and Fire Pits at Flower Mound Parks Are Back.

Six weeks of no campfires and no charcoal is over — at least on the Denton side of the county line.

2 min · 2026-10-07

Dry brush and dormant vegetation on rural North Texas acreage during drought conditions

Public Safety

Denton County's Wildland Fire Disaster Declaration Has Been in Effect Since August 25

If you own wooded or rural land in unincorporated Denton County, that burn pile in the backyard is now a violation of the county judge's executive order.

2 min · 2026-09-20

Smoke rising over a dry suburban neighborhood during wildfire season

Public Safety

Denton County's Burn Ban Is Active — and the Firefighters Covering It Are Already Out on Other Fires

The declaration went into effect August 25. Light your fire pit right now and you're looking at a Class C misdemeanor, a fine up to $500, and a county whose crews are already stretched thin.

2 min · 2026-08-31

Dry, brown grass under a hazy summer sky in North Texas

Public Safety

Burn Ban Is In Effect. No Backyard Fires, No Hot Work, No Fireworks.

Denton and Tarrant counties went under mandatory burn bans Monday. Here's exactly what you can't do — and a free family event at the library this afternoon to take the edge off a long, hot week.

3 min · 2026-08-27