City's outdoor burning ordinance amended

City officials amended an ordinance on Tuesday that regulates outdoor burning for commercial land-clearing.

It took several months to seriously consider the impact of changing the ordinance, said Chief Keith Kiplinger of the Nacogdoches Fire Department. We wanted to come up with something thats simple to understand.

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City's outdoor burning ordinance amended