Reply To: Minahg Lag BaOmer or outdoor fire prohibition

…aaand, big boy, I’m afraid the drenching didn’t help as much as you thought. Once again, fires from Lag BaOmer bonfires.

So I wonder. Given the clear sakonoh, at least this year. Would it not have been prudent, appropriate, and demonstrating leadership for one or many among the manhigim of the community to issue a kol koreh to prohibit bonfires under specific circumstances? Is the fact that the Fire authorities issued a prohibition weeks ago a help or a hindrance to them doing so? Should it matter?

And If not, why not?