Ban on open burning in Southern Interior to start this week – Okanagan | 24CA News
Open burning bans within the Kamloops Fire Centre will begin later this week.
At midday on Thursday, Category 2 and three open fires will likely be prohibited all through B.C.’s Southern Interior.
Those two fires are a lot bigger than campfires, that are nonetheless at the moment allowed within the area. Campfires will be no bigger than half a metre in peak and half a metre in width.
“This prohibition is being enacted to help prevent human-caused wildfires and protect public safety,” stated the Ministry of Public Safety.
A Category 2 open fireplace will be one or two piles that measure as much as two metres in peak and three metres in width, or stubble or grass being burned that doesn’t exceed 0.2 of a hectare.
A Category 3 open fireplace, in three or extra piles, exceeds two metres in peak and three meters in width; has a number of windrows exceeding 200 metres in size or 15 metres in width; or is grass or stubble exceeding 0.2 of a hectare.
The open-burning prohibition will stay in impact till midday on Oct. 13, 2023, or till the order is rescinded.
Anyone conducting Category 2 or Category 3 open fires inside the area should extinguish these fires by midday on Thursday.
The ministry additionally famous that fireworks, sky lanterns, binary exploding targets, burn barrels or burn cages, and air-curtain burners are additionally prohibited.
The prohibitions apply to all private and non-private land inside the Kamloops Fire Centre jurisdiction.
The ministry additionally stated anybody present in contravention of an open burning prohibition could also be issued:
- A ticket for $1,150
- Required to pay an administrative penalty of as much as $10,000
- Or, if convicted in courtroom, fined as much as $100,000 and/or sentenced to at least one 12 months in jail.
“If the contravention causes or contributes to a wildfire,” stated the ministry, “the person responsible may be ordered to pay all firefighting and associated costs.”
As talked about, the present prohibition doesn’t embody campfires or cooking stoves that use fuel, propane or briquettes.
More info on the sorts of open burning is out there on-line.
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