After about a week, the NC Forest Service has lifted its burn ban on 67 counties. The statewide ban went into effect Nov. 29 due to hazardous forest fire conditions.
Macon, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood and Swain were among the counties were burning will again be allowed.
Here's the full list:
Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Cabarrus, Camden, Carteret, Catawba, Chatham, Cherokee, Chowan, Clay, Cleveland, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Franklin, Gaston, Gates, Graham, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Haywood, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Iredell, Jackson, Johnston, Jones, Lee, Lenoir, Lincoln, Macon, Martin, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Richmond, Robeson, Rutherford, Sampson, Scotland, Stanly, Swain, Tyrell, Union, Wake, Warren, Washington, Wayne and Wilson.
The ban is still effect for the 33 North Carolina counties such as Buncombe and Transylvania counties.
Towns that instated the ban have also individually lifted burning restriction. For example, Franklin Mayor Jack Horton lifted the ban on Thursday morning.
