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Temperatures may be cooler and conditions may be wetter at the moment, but state fire officials are reminding residents to take precautions to protect their homes and natural areas during Spring Wildfire Season, which runs now through April 30.

“During the late fall through early spring, since everything goes dormant, the leaves fall, the grass dies down and stuff, all that stuff is technically dry,” said Radcliff Deputy Fire Marshal Tommy Crane. “Yeah, we may have some rain, some snow, but the grasses and a lot of the brush are still technically dry because they’re dormant.”

During Spring Wildfire Season, burning is prohibited within 150 feet of woodland or brushland between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. If you plan to burn debris, only burn natural vegetation during evening hours when conditions are less windy, keep fire tools handy, and never leave a fire unattended.

Crane says consider alternatives to burning such as limb removal and leaf pickup services offered by the cities, and always check with your local fire department ahead of any burning.

“Anytime you’re burning, whether it’s in this restricted time or whatever time of year it is, always check to make sure with your local ordinances, and what is allowed was not allowed because we want to take care of our neighbors and we want to make sure that we don’t burn down anybody else’s wooded area or anything like that,” Crane said.

More information on Kentucky Spring Wildfire Season is available on the Kentucky Division of Forestry’s website.

The Bullitt County Sheriff’s Office has released information on two ongoing investigations.

The sheriff’s office says on February 13 deputies responded to a residence on the 300 block of Wilma Avenue to perform a welfare check on a woman “who had not been seen or heard from in several days.” The deputies found a female subject and a male subject who were both dead inside the residence.

The sheriff’s office also says on February 13 deputies responded to a residence on the 300 block of Tuts Road in response to a reported shooting. Upon arrival deputies found a male subject dead at the scene and another male subject with a gunshot wound to the leg. The injured male was transported to the University of Louisville Hospital by Bullitt County EMS. 

Detectives with the sheriff’s office are investigating both cases. Anybody with possible information may contact the sheriff’s office’s crime tip line at 502-543-1262 or by emailing crimetip@bcky.org.