Campfires banned in Kamloops Fire Centre as of noon today

As of noon today, you can no longer have a campfire in the Kamloops Fire Centre.

Fire danger ratings throughout the Kamloops Fire Centre are high or extreme, and banning campfires will help prevent human-caused wildfires, according to the B.C. Wildfire Service.

So far this year, 47% of the wildfires started within the province have been human caused.

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The Kamloops Fire Centre spans between Blue River in the north to the U.S. border in the south and from Bridge River in the west to Monashee Mountains in the east, including the Southern Okanagan and the Lytton and Lillooet area.

Larger open fires are already prohibited, but as of noon today, Aug. 4, campfires are no longer allowed. A campfire is defined as any fire no larger than 0.5 metres high by 0.5 metres wide no larger than 0.5 metres.

Campfires were already banned within many municipalities and regional districts.

The Southeast Fire Centre, which covers an area from the U.S. border to Mica Dam and from the Okanagan Highlands/west side of the Monashee Mountains to the B.C./Alberta border, is also implementing a campfire ban today.

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