Category 3 Open Fire Ban Rescinded: BC Wildfire Service
Cooling temperatures have prompted the lifting of the ban. As of noon today, all category 3 open fires will once again be permitted throughout the Southeast Fire Centre.
A news release from BC Wildfire Service stated that due to decreased wildfire risk, the following activities will once again be permitted throughout the Southeast Fire Centre:
- Material concurrently in three or more piles, each not exceeding 2m in height and 3m in width
- Material in one or more piles, each exceeding 2m in height or 3m in width
- One or more windrows, none of which exceed 200m in length or 15m in width
- Stubble or grass over an area exceeding 0.2 hectares
With this latest rescinding, all three levels of fire restrictions are rescinded for the province. Category 1 – campfires, were never implemented at the Southeast Fire Centre, but regional districts and municipalities could impose their own.
Author's summary: Fire ban lifted in Southeast Fire Centre.