Fire Regulations in Minnesota (2026)

Maple Grove requires a recreational fire permit for backyard fire pits and open-air fires, with strict size and setback…

Backyard recreational fires are legal in Anoka County cities like Coon Rapids without a permit, but must be small…

Portable fire pits and recreational fires allowed in Bloomington under strict conditions: contained in pit no larger…

Recreational fires in a backyard fire pit are allowed under the Minnesota State Fire Code without a DNR burn permit if…

Hennepin County recreational fires must follow Minnesota DNR open-burning rules and city codes. Fires are limited to…

Minneapolis caps backyard fire pits at 3 feet across and 2 feet high, 25 feet from any structure, and only 9 a.m. to 10…

A recreational campfire for cooking, warming, or ceremony that is no more than 3 feet in diameter by 3 feet high needs…

Rochester's fire code defines a lawful recreational fire in section 8-2-2(c): fuel no larger than three feet across and…

Backyard recreational fires are allowed in Saint Paul without a permit. Fires must be under 3 feet wide by 2 feet high…

Fires along Stearns County recreational trails must burn only in a fireplace, portable fire grill, stove or fire ring…

Fires in a Washington County park are allowed only in a designated permanent fire ring or grill, or a portable grill or…

Woodbury allows backyard recreational fires without a permit only between 8:00 a.m. and midnight, capped at three feet…

Backyard fire pits and campfires up to 3 feet wide and 3 feet tall qualify as 'recreational fires' under Carver…

Minnesota state law permits only non-aerial, non-explosive consumer fireworks like sparklers, cones, and fountains…

Minnesota Statutes §§ 624.20-624.25 make it a crime, not just a local rule, to sell, possess, use, or explode fireworks…

Minnesota law (MN §624.20-624.25) heavily restricts fireworks. Only non-explosive, non-aerial novelty items (sparklers…

Aerial and explosive consumer fireworks are illegal statewide in Minnesota under Minn. Stat. §§624.20-624.25. Only…

Only non-explosive, non-aerial consumer fireworks (sparklers, fountains, snakes) are legal in Minneapolis under MN…

Minnesota bans all aerial and explosive consumer fireworks. Only ground-based sparklers, cones, fountains, snakes, and…

Stearns County bans fireworks and explosives outright inside every county park. Ordinance No. 696 § 5.2 makes it…

Minnesota bans all aerial and explosive consumer fireworks. Only ground-based sparklers, cones, fountains, snakes, and…

In Carver County's park system, setting off fireworks or other pyrotechnics is banned outright unless the Parks Board…

Saint Paul only allows temporary consumer fireworks sales structures for eleven days a year, June 25 through July 5…

Washington County bans possessing, setting off or attempting to ignite firecrackers, fireworks, smoke bombs, rockets…

Minnesota bans aerial and explosive fireworks statewide. Only ground-based, non-explosive sparkling items (sparklers…

Only non-aerial, non-explosive fireworks (sparklers, cones, fountains, snakes) are legal in Minnesota. Firecrackers…

Minnesota law requires a DNR-issued burning permit for most outdoor open burning when ground is not snow-covered…

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 47.120 bans burning refuse for disposal anywhere within city limits, and bars property…

Olmsted County bans burning solid waste anywhere in the county under Chapter 3500, Section 3508.07. The only exception…

Open burning of yard waste, leaves, brush, and debris is prohibited in Saint Paul under the fire code and MPCA rules…

Burning brush or yard waste in Scott County townships requires a Minnesota DNR open-burn permit. Cities restrict or ban…

Ordinance No. 45 bars open burning of food waste, rubber, plastics, chemically treated materials, hazardous and…

Burning brush or yard waste in Wright County townships requires a Minnesota DNR open-burn permit. Buffalo, Monticello…

Open burning of any material in unincorporated Carver County requires a valid permit obtained through the Minnesota…

Maple Grove requires a fire department permit for open burning or recreational fires, and bans burning anything but…

Rochester requires a fire department operational permit before any open burning of vegetation, brush, trees, or…

Stearns County's Solid Waste Ordinance No. 431 prohibits open burning or incineration of solid waste anywhere the…

Open burning in Woodbury is banned unless the DNR's authorized agent issues a written brush fire permit, applied for at…

Open burning of brush and yard debris in Minnesota requires a DNR burning permit whenever there is less than 3 inches…

Recreational fires and portable fire pits are permitted in Bloomington with conditions: fire pit max 3 ft diameter by 2…

Open burning of brush, leaves, and untreated wood needs a Minnesota DNR burning permit whenever the fire is larger than…

Burning brush, leaves, or vegetation in Minnesota generally requires a DNR open-burning permit from the commissioner or…

Minnesota DNR designates statewide and regional wildfire restriction zones during elevated fire danger, suspending all…

Minnesota Statute 299F.362 requires smoke alarms in every sleeping area, outside each sleeping zone, and on every…

Minnesota law requires every dwelling unit to have a working smoke alarm meeting the State Fire Code. In new…

Minnesota law requires every dwelling unit to have a working smoke alarm meeting the State Fire Code, placed in and…

Maple Grove's fire alarm amendment requires all smoke detectors to have alarm verification capped at 30 seconds, on top…

Minnesota law requires every dwelling unit to have a smoke alarm meeting the State Fire Code. This applies statewide…

Rochester requires single- and multiple-station smoke alarms in every Group R dwelling under Code sections 7-8-38…

Saint Paul requires a working smoke alarm in every dwelling, lodginghouse, apartment house and hotel under Chapter 39…

New dwellings in Woodbury must have a smoke detector on every level of the home, on top of whatever the Minnesota State…

Under the Minnesota State Fire Code, propane cylinders must be stored outdoors at least 10 feet from building openings…

Under the Minnesota State Fire Code, propane (LP-gas) cylinders larger than 1 pound cannot be stored or used indoors at…

Minneapolis requires a permit for any aboveground propane tank of 200 pounds or more, but exempts tanks stored under…

Saint Paul follows the Minnesota State Fire Code's operational-permit requirement for propane, but carves out an…

Residential propane tanks get a double break in St. Louis County's zoning ordinance: they are classified as a no-permit…