LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. Setting any fires outdoors, except barbecues, is now against the law in Lehigh Acres.
The Lehigh Acres Fire Control and Rescue District voted Tuesday night to institute the temporary prohibition that nixes campfires, bonfires and trash burning, among other activities. The decision comes four days after a 400-acre brush fire destroyed four homes and damaged several others.
An attorney for the district advised commissioners against calling the measure a “burn ban,” on the belief that only the county has the authority to issue a burn ban.
Fort Myers, Cape Coral and Bonita Springs have all issued burn bans, as has the Bayshore Fire Protection and Rescue District, but the county has yet to do so.