If you're travelling south into the Cariboo catching that last little bit of sunny weather we’re expected to have this weekend, you should know that you can now have an open grass fire.
The BC Wildfire Service will officially lift all open burning restrictions in the interior at 12 p.m. today (Sept. 27) thanks to the cooler weather conditions and a lesser risk of wildfires.
Category 3 fires were put on hold two weeks ago on Sept. 13, but campfires and other Category 2 open burning were already allowed in the Cariboo.
Residents, with a specified registration number, can now burn:
- Any fire larger than two metres high by three metres wide
- Three or more consecutively burning piles no larger than two metres high by three metres wide
- One or more burning windrows
- Stubble or grass burning over an area greater than 0.2 hectares
BC’s wildfire officers are reminding the public to “observe local site conditions and current and predicted weather forecasts prior to conducting such activities.”
You must also adhere to the Environmental Management Act and Open Burning Smoke Control Regulation.
More information about open burning can be found on the Wildfire Service website.
To report a wildfire, unattended campfire or open burning violation, you can call *5555 on a cellphone or toll-free at 1-800-663-5555.
