Fire pit rules in Yakima County, WA — also called outdoor burning, recreational fire, or open flame ordinances — cover fuel types, clearances, and when burning is allowed.
A small recreational fire in an approved pit stays legal year-round in unincorporated Yakima County, even during the June-August fire-season burn restriction, as long as it sits 25 feet from any structure.
Yakima County treats a recreational fire differently from yard-waste burning. Under the Washington State Fire Code, which adopts the International Fire Code, a recreational fire may be no more than 3 feet across and 2 feet high and must sit at least 25 feet from any structure or combustible material, attended, with a way to put it out. The county fire marshal's annual burn restriction shuts down residential yard-waste burning from June 1 through August 31 but expressly allows recreational fires in approved pits, along with propane, charcoal, and commercially manufactured fire devices.
A recreational fire left unattended or allowed to escape becomes a public nuisance; the responsible party can owe fire-suppression costs and face county code-enforcement penalties.
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