Further to the information bulletin issued July 30, the campfire ban that came into effect at noon on Aug. 1 is for the southern portion of the Cariboo Fire Centre only. Specifically, the campfire ban boundary starts from the west at Tweedsmuir Provincial Park, follows the Quesnel-Chilcotin/Central Cariboo forest districts boundary, heads east to Highway 97, south to 150 Mile House, east again along the Redeaux Lake FSR (2300 Road), and then follows the Central Cariboo-100 Mile House forest districts boundary to Wells Gray Provincial Park. A map of the area covered by the campfire ban is available online at www.ow.ly/ntHwv.
Areas where the campfire ban is in effect include the Chilcotin, McLeese Lake, Williams Lake, 150 Mile House, 100 Mile House and Interlakes regions. This ban applies to open fires of any size, campfires, industrial or backyard burning, fireworks, tiki torches, sky lanterns and burning barrels.
The open burning prohibition put into place on April 15 remains in effect for the entire Cariboo Fire Centre and applies to any type of industrial or backyard burning, including waste, slash, stubble or grass. Areas under the open burning prohibition, but not the campfire ban, include the Nazko, Quesnel, Wells, Barkerville and Likely/Horsefly regions.
Both the campfire ban and open burning prohibition do not apply to cooking stoves that use gas, propane or briquettes, or to portable campfire apparatus with a CSA or ULC rating that uses briquettes, liquid or gaseous fuel, as long as the height of the flame is less than 15 centimetres.