A man from rural Page County faces a charge associated with an open burning ban. Authorities say Page County deputies responded March 11th to a complaint about a field fire east of Braddyville, near 3133 310th Street, in rural Page County. Three days earlier, the State Fire Marshall’s Office, in response to a request of all of the Fire Chief’s in Page County and Page County EMA, had issued a burn ban for open burning in all of Page County.

An investigation into the illegal burn of a field fire showed that 53-year old Henry Joseph Tamagni III, of rural Braddyville, intentionally used fire to burn a field during the burn ban. A complaint against Tamagni was filed in Page County Magistrate court for violation of an open burn during a burning ban. This is a Simple misdemeanor charge.  Fire departments from Braddyville and Clarinda responded to the fire along with Page County Emergency Management.