This prohibition, which is being implemented in partnership with the Tsilhqot’in National Government, is being enacted to help prevent human-caused wildfires and protect public safety.
This prohibition will remain in effect until noon on Oct. 1, 2021, or until the public is otherwise notified. Anyone conducting Category 2 open fires within the Cariboo Fire Centre jurisdiction or in the Tsilhqot’in (Xeni Gwet’in) Declared Title Area must extinguish any such fire by noon on June 25. Category 3 open fires will remain prohibited throughout the Cariboo Fire Centre and the Tsilhqot’in (Xeni Gwet’in) Declared Title Area until Oct. 1, 2021 or until the public is otherwise notified.
A map of the affected areas is available online at: http://ow.ly/kgwV30rLHH2
This prohibition does not apply to campfires that are a half-metre high by a half-metre wide and does not apply to cooking stoves that use gas, propane or briquettes. A poster explaining the different categories of open burning is available online at: http://ow.ly/znny309kJv5
Specifically, prohibited equipment and activities will include:
*Category 2 and 3 open fires, which includes the burning of any waste, slash or other materials, open fires larger than 0.5 metres wide by 0.5 metres high, stubble or grass fires of any size over any area;
*The use of Fireworks, including firecrackers; and
Enforcement of fire prohibitions is undertaken
by:
*the Compliance and Enforcement Branch of the
Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development;
The Cariboo Fire Centre stretches from Loon Lake near Clinton in the south to the Cottonwood River near Quesnel in the north, and from Tweedsmuir Provincial Park in the west to Wells Gray Provincial Park in the east.
To report a wildfire, unattended campfire or open burning violation, call 1 800 663-5555 toll-free or *5555 on a cellphone. For the latest information on current wildfire activity, burning restrictions, road closures and air quality advisories, visit www.bcwildfire.ca
You can follow the latest wildfire news on:
*Twitter at: http://twitter.com/BCGovFireInfo
*Facebook at: http://facebook.com/BCForestFireInfo
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