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Nov. 3, 2021St. Joseph, Mo. |  By: Simon Clark

As the weather cools down, burning season starts

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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. - The month of November is open burning month in St. Joseph. Public Information Officer Stephanie Malita says that the open burn period is restricted to certain safety conditions.

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Other laws for the burn period includes keeping fires more than 15 feet away from buildings, having only one burn container per residence, and having firefighting materials such as a garden hose or buckets of water on hand.

Any violation of open burning restrictions may result in a misdemeanor violation.