B.C. announces total campfire ban amid huge surge in wildfires

3 years ago by bluebear to c/vancouver

The ban comes after lightning combined with tinder-dry conditions to spark a huge surge in wildfires over the weekend. Find out more.
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bluebear 2 points 3 years ago

The website says "all campfires", but still trying to figure out if that includes propane fire pits.

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delial 6 points 3 years ago

It took some digging, but the ban is on Category 1 Campfires, which I'm assuming means all the other categories are verboten as well:

A campfire is defined as:

  • Any fire no larger than 0.5 metres high by 0.5 metres wide (a fire larger than this is considered a Category 2 fire).
  • Used by any person for recreational purposes or by a First Nation for a ceremonial purpose.

The categories don't seem to care about the fuel you're using or whether it's in a pit or not; so, essentially all burning is banned for now (if I understand correctly, the announcement isn't on a BC site yet from what I can find).

EDIT: found a map & table of the bans: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/...

EDIT2: As linked below:

The use of outdoor stoves is not prohibited. As per the Wildfire Regulation, an outdoor stove is a CSA-rated or ULC-rated device used outdoors for cooking, heat or ambiance that burns charcoal briquettes, liquid fuel or gaseous fuel, and has a flame height that is less than 15 centimetres tall.

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bluebear 4 points 3 years ago path: 0 1092176 1092943 1094778, hotness: undefined, score: 4, children: 1
delial 2 points 3 years ago

Thx for the correction! This info is a bit of a pain to dig up when the news article doesn't cite or link its sources.

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