Effective immediately, the Alabama Forestry Commission has suspended the issuance of all burn permits through Sunday, March 2, due to gusty winds and low relative humidities. The weather situation will be re-evaluated on Monday.

Very low relative humidities statewide and gusty winds, combined with drying fuels resulting from the lack of significant rain, have resulted in 95 wildfire ignitions today alone. In the last seven days, the agency has responded to 263 wildfires that have burned more than 6,400 acres of forestland across the state.