Campfires are allowed within designated recreational areas only, pursuant to applicable regulations and guidelines, county fire officials said.
Deputy Chief Bart Walker of MCFR said “our lack of significant rainfall has increased the wildfire danger within Marion County, and he asks the community to comply with this voluntary ban.”
Ocala Fire Rescue officials said there s no burning within the city limits unless you have a permit. Authorities said no burn permits are being issued by the Florida Forest Service due to the lack of rainfall.
Highlands fire
Last Friday, a fire torched 80 acres in the Florida Highlands, a residential area that is north of the Citrus County line and south of County Road 484 on the edge of State Road 200.
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A land owner who wants to build an 841-home family community in Southwest Marion was given another month to tweak plans before the controversial development appears before the Marion County Commission for a final hearing.
The commission agreed Tuesday to shift the final hearing for the proposed development, which would be adjacent to the north of SummerGlen, until June.
The new community, located east of the sprawling Marion Oaks community and west of Interstate 75, would be located on Southwest 20th Avenue Road, a section of roadway that is lined with mostly small cattle ranches and mid-size horse farms.
Just south of these rural farms is the 221-acre parcel that is poised to become an 841-home family development. SummerGlen is located 2.2 miles south of County Road 484.