Amador County – The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s Amador-El Dorado Unit opened burning in Amador and El Dorado Counties Thursday.

Unit Chief Kelly Keenan said with a series of winter storms anticipated to be moving through Northern California, the burn restrictions have been lifted.

Keenan said: “It is a great relief to see some normal winter weather patterns returning to our area. I know it was confusing for the public when it is very cold to freezing overnight and yet they could not burn their debris piles, but a single step outside into the critically dry leaf litter illustrated the need to restrict burning in January.”

CDF “chased small fires all over the unit and even though none of the fires grew large, the potential was clearly there,” Keenan said.

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