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No campfire ban going into the long weekend, but BC Wildfire is monitoring

BC Wildfire Service operations director says British Columbians have heard the warnings
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There is no campfire ban going into the Victoria Day long weekend, says BC Wildfire Service operations director Cliff Chapman as the number of campfires that lead to wildfires have seen a significant decrease. (Black Press Media file photo)

BC Wildfire Service香蕉视频直播檚 operations director says the province will continue to monitor the need for a campfire ban, but there isn香蕉视频直播檛 plan for one just yet.

Cliff Chapman said Friday (May 17), during an update from Emergency Management Minister Bowinn Ma, that BC Wildfire Service monitors the conditions every single day, using 香蕉视频直播渁 real data-driven science approach to when we香蕉视频直播檙e going to implement campfire bans.香蕉视频直播

He said the number of campfires that lead to wildfires have significantly decreased.

香蕉视频直播淭he people of British Columbia have kind of heard the warnings. They are very familiar with the conditions that we face and they are being more careful.香蕉视频直播

With the recent rainfall and current temperatures, he said B.C. doesn香蕉视频直播檛 need to implement a campfire ban yet.

But BC Wildfire Service will continue to monitor and 香蕉视频直播渋mplement one as quickly as we need to.香蕉视频直播

In a series of tweets after the update, BC Wildfire Service said human-caused fires are a real concern in B.C., accounting for about 40 per cent of all wildfires in the province. But human-caused wildfires are more than just campfire related; they can be caused by industry, trains, open burning, power lines, reflected lighting or 香蕉视频直播渞eally anything other than lightning.香蕉视频直播

Of the more than 2,200 wildfires in B.C. in 2023, 84 were caused by campfires.

As of noon Friday, the majority of B.C. was under category 2 and 3 bans, specifically in the Cariboo, Coastal, Kamloops, Northwest and Prince George fire centres. There is only a Category 3 ban in place in the Southeast.

Category 2 and 3 includes backyard and industrial burning, along with fireworks, sky lanterns and binary exploding targets.

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There are currently 125 active wildfires in the province, Emergency Management Minister Bowinn Ma said Friday (May 17) during an update on the wildfire situation in the province香蕉视频直播檚 northeast.

The majority of those are in the Prince George Fire Centre 香蕉视频直播 the largest region 香蕉视频直播 in northeastern B.C.

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Lauren Collins

About the Author: Lauren Collins

I'm a provincial reporter for Black Press Media's provincial team, after my journalism career took me around B.C. since I was 19 years old.
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