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By Laura Rice â¢ Aug 12, 2014. Travis County is under a burn ban for the first time this summer. Fire Marshal Hershel Lee says the area has been getting drier over the past few months and yesterdayâs rain just wasnât enough to make a significant different in the soil moisture.
Today, they agreed to keep the ban lifted. Across Central Texas, burn bans have been abolished in Hays, Caldwell, Guadalupe, Comal, Blanco, and Burnet Counties. Even Bastrop, a county ravaged by wildfire in September, voted to lift its burn ban last week. The Texas Forest Service says burn bans are in effect in fewer than 136 of the stateâs 254 counties.