The Burleigh County Sheriff's Department plans to meet with the Burleigh County state's attorney to decide when to start charging people for violations of the county's burn ban.

Lt. Nick Sevart said authorities did not begin charging people for the violations immediately, because some people had not heard it was put in place.

The Burleigh and Morton counties burn bans were put in place Friday due to dry conditions. Billings, Slope, Bowman, Dunn, Stark, Mercer, Oliver, Grant, Emmons, Kidder, Logan and McIntosh counties also have banned open burning.

The sheriff's department responded to two more burn ban violations on Monday.

A woman on Far West Drive, south of Bismarck, called 911 when her controlled burn got out of control Monday around 2 p.m., Sevart said. She had the fire out before fire officials arrived, and sheriff's deputies informed her of the burn ban. She said she was unaware such a ban was in place, Sevart said.

He said she had not called the sheriff's department to report the controlled burn, which also is requested. Had she done so, she would have been told that open burning had been banned in the county last week.

Deputies also responded to a Sterling home around 7 p.m. Monday. A man at the home was burning garbage in a barrel next to his garage, Sevart said. The man extinguished the fire when told of the burn ban.

A first offense burn ban violation is an infraction, punishable by a fine of up to $500. A second offense is a Class Bmisdemeanor, punishable by up to 30 days in jail and a fine of up to $1,000.