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False Spring sparks fire warnings for Wyoming

The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag warning for several low-lying areas of Wyoming due to t

he current warm, dry and windy conditions in eastern and northern counties.

Wyoming State Forester Bill Crapser says Wyoming's normal fire season stretches from June through October

, but spring-like

 conditions in many low-lying areas of the state create the potential for rapid and extreme fires.

"

Our advice is even though your counties are not in fire restrictions, when there are fire weather warnings or red flag warnings in place, not to do any outside burning, whether you’re burning trash, whether you’re burning brush, or whether you’re burning ditches, definitely not the time to be doing that kind of burning," says Crapser.

Warnings have been issued along the Nebraska border, in Laramie, Goshen, parts of Platte county, and farther north in Crook and Weston counties.

Sara Hossaini is a reporter for Wyoming Public Radio. She holds a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She brings a blend of documentary journalism and public interest communications experience developed through her work as a nonprofit multimedia consultant and Associate Producer on national PBS documentary films through groups such as the Center for Asian American Media, Fenton Communications and The Working Group. She likes to travel, to get her hands in the dirt and to explore her creative side through music, crafts and dance.