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Open fire prohibitions in the Northwest Fire Centre take effect today

Category 2 and Category 3 fires are no longer allowed within the Northwest Fire Centre.

The prohibition took effect today (Thursday) at noon because of elevated temperatures and dry conditions.

According to the fire centre this is being enacted to help reduce wildfire risk and protect public safety. 

Included in the prohibition are:

  • Fireworks
  • Sky lanterns
  • Binary exploding targets
  • Burn barrels or burn cages of any size
  • Air curtain burners

This ban does not include campfires that are half a metre high by half-metre wide or cooking stoves that use gas, propane or briquettes. 

This will remain in effect until noon on October 15 or until weather conditions are favourable. 

Additionally, the province is advising residents to be prepared for the risk of wildfires over the long weekend. 

As of this afternoon (Thursday), there are seven wildfires within the Northwest Fire Centre,

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Lindsay Newman
Lindsay Newman
News Reporter Lindsay joined the MyBulkleyLakesNow news team in 2019. She was born and raised in Cambridge, Ontario where she then moved to Toronto to complete Journalism school at Humber College where she graduated in 2017. Lindsay started her news journey at 680 News- Toronto's largest talk radio station. Lindsay then moved on to 680 News, where she was an audio editor. She has always loved the idea of living in British Columbia since she was a teenager and was excited to make the to move out to Smithers, BC to branch out her journalism skills. In Lindsay's spare time she is usually relaxing with her two cats and in the warmer months going on hikes with her friends and partner.

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