A 48-hour Burn Ban is issued for the City of Chillicothe and Chillicothe Rural Fire District #1. That ban will continue through 4:00 pm on March 2nd.
The Burn Ban is due to the very dry and windy conditions in the area.
Friday morning, The National Weather Service issued a Red Flag Warning that expires at 10:00 pm today.
The Livingston County Emergency Management issues a Burn Advisory for all of Livingston County on Friday morning.
Friday afternoon, multiple agencies were called to assist the Chula Fire Department, including Chillicothe and Grundy County with a large grass fire. That may have started as a structure fire from Thursday that reignited and spread.