Fireworks are banned across the Kenai Peninsula Borough. According to a Facebook post from KPB Alerts, a notification system for the borough’s Office of Emergency Management, selling or using fireworks is prohibited across all public and private lands on the peninsula.
Public fireworks displays organized by a municipality or approved, licensed organization are still allowed.
The fire danger for the borough is high today, but Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection Public Information Officer Lily Coyle said the weather should change to moderate the conditions moving forward.
“We're in kind of a different situation where the Kenai Peninsula is a little bit sunnier than the rest of the state, but we don't think that's going to last for long," she said, "so we are seeing another low pressure system that's supposed to come in and just deliver a little bit more moisture to the area.”
Burn permits are required for small, controlled fires. Coyle recommends calling the burn permit hotline at 907-260-4269 before doing any burn to get updates on fuel and weather conditions.
