In other news, six counties in the Eastern Kentucky region have issued a burn ban. These counties banned burning of any kind and is banned no matter what time of the day it is.

These counties are Johnson, Magoffin, Rowan, Lawrence, Pulaski and Whitley. The bans were issued by each county’s judge-executive and will be enforced by local law enforcement in those counties. It is a misdemeanor to violate the burn ban.

Forest fires were reported earlier this week in Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Knox, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, Magoffin, Morgan, Owsley and Whitley County.

Officials don’t expect the rain moving in to be enough to prevent more forest fires from happening.

A full list of all the counties who have a burn ban can be found online at eec.ky.gov