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TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Are your weeds overgrown? Tulare County Fire is reminding spot owners to chopped them down present that the upwind is heating up.
Firefighters accidental it's the clip of twelvemonth erstwhile gangly adust weeds and seasonal writer indispensable beryllium chopped down to debar imaginable fires. To mitigate this risk, each disking and mowing activities should beryllium finished earlier 10 a.m.
This past Sunday, Tulare County Fire reported 3 fires, each of which progressive adust vegetation:
- About 50 tons of hay were destroyed successful a hay occurrence connected Road 184 and Avenue 144, adjacent Porterville.
- The origin of a writer occurrence was investigated connected Road 132 and Avenue 84, adjacent Pixley.
- An amerciable debris pain adjacent gangly adust writer was determined to beryllium the origin of a occurrence ignited connected Road 236 and Avenue 196, adjacent Strathmore.
While required each year, firefighters accidental it is captious that hazard abatement is conducted during the precocious occurrence months, April done October.
Crews adhd that their Hazard Abatement and Inspection programme exists lone to code enforcement and information issues, not arsenic a service. Property owners are required to conscionable standards connected their ain oregon by hiring a contractor.
To study a occurrence hazard, telephone 559-802-9822, and to find retired much astir hazard abatement standards oregon to marque a report, visit the Tulare County website.
