---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 247.17"
title: "25"
number: "247.17"
heading: "What are the restrictions on fires?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/247.17"
---

# §247.17. What are the restrictions on fires?

- (a) You cannot burn timber, trees, slash, brush or grass unless you have a permit issued by the Area Director or his designee.
- (b) **You cannot build a fire in an unsafe location or leave a fire without completely extinguishing it.**
- (c) You must control all fire and not allow it to escape.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 25 U.S.C. 2 and 9; Pub. L. 100-581, Title IV.

### Source

Source: 62 FR 50868, Sept. 29, 1997, unless otherwise noted.