Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam issued a regional ban on burning Monday in 51 counties throughout Middle and East Tennessee. Residents in counties covered by the regional ban are not allowed to have any open-air burning, including campfires, burning of brush, vegetation, household waste or debris. The ban will remain in effect until December 15. Counties under a regional burn ban are listed below: Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Cannon, Carter, Claiborne, Clay, Cocke, Coffee, Cumberland, Dekalb, Fentress, Franklin, Grainger, Greene, Grundy, Hamblen, Hamilton, Hancock, Hawkins, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, Loudon, Macon, Marion, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Overton, Pickett, Polk, Putnam, Rhea, Roane, Scott, Sequatchie, Sevier, Smith, Sullivan, Trousdale, Unicoi, Union, Van Buren, Warren, Washington, and White. The Tennessee Department of Agriculture (TDA) Division of Forestry is currently fighting 67 different wildfires across nearly 16,000 acres in the Cumberland and East Tennessee districts. A violation of a burn ban is punishable as a Class A misdemeanor which carries a fine of $2,500 and/or up to 11 months, 29 days in jail. In the meantime, over 1400 acres have been scorched in Bledsoe County with six fires currently active. Pikeville Mayor Philip Cagle wants to emphasize to residents that the burn ban is now in effect in the town and county. Meanwhile most of the fire areas remain under a Code Orange Air Quality Alert due to the smoky atmosphere.