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Campfires banned across most of B.C.

No fires of any kind are permitted
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(Black Press files)

Campfires are now banned across all of B.C. except for Haida Gwaii and the Vancouver Island “fog zone.â€

The BC Wildfire Service implemented the latest ban, for the Northwest fire centre, on Monday.

  • campfires
  • Category 2 open fires
  • Category 3 open fires
  • the burning of any waste, slash or other materials
  • stubble or grass fires of any size over any area
  • the use of stoves and other portable campfire apparatuses that are not CSA-approved or ULC-approved
  • fires burning woody debris in outdoor stoves
  • the use of tiki torches, fireworks, firecrackers, sky lanterns, burning barrels or burning cages of any size or description
  • the use of binary exploding targets (e.g., for rifle target practice)