BC Imposes Five-Month Ban on Large Open Fires in Interior

BC Imposes Five-Month Ban on Large Open Fires in Interior
Trees burned by the Bush Creek East Wildfire are seen above Little Shuswap Lake in Squilax, B.C., on Sept. 11, 2023. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck
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The BC Wildfire Service has announced a five-month open fire ban covering much of the province’s Interior, as fire season gets off to an early start.

The ban on Category 3 fires in the Kamloops fire centre will run from May 3 to Oct. 11 and will prohibit people burning three or more fires on a property at the same time, or any single fire burning a pile larger than two metres in height or three metres in width.