Regulations that allow burning inside the city of Leavenworth could change.
As part of an update of city fire codes, Leavenworth Fire Chief Gary Birch is recommending amending the city’s open burning regulation.
Currently, people can burn tree branches and brush piles on their properties if they obtain permits through the Leavenworth Fire Department. And people can burn in screen-covered barrels without obtaining permits.
Birch said allowing people to burn in barrels inside a city is “really kind of unheard of” today.
(Read more: Leavenworth Times)