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Increased wildfire danger due to dead grass and hotter, drier conditions in the region has prompted the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) San Mateo and Santa Cruz Unit to suspend all open burning permits within the State Responsibility Area of both counties.
The moratorium will go into effect on May 20, and bans all open-air burning with some exceptions. The order is in addition to the country's burning restrictions that went into effect on May 1, 2021, CAL FIRE said in a statement.