Fire risk a concern as temperatures rise across BC

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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – Summer weather is finally here and that means it’s a great time to go camping. But with 36 active wildfires burning throughout the province, you’re being asked to keep your guard up.

It’s been a slow start to summer and that might not be the best thing for fire crews.

“Because last year we had a really slow fire season, coming into this year, May was starting to heat up and then June got cold and rainy. People haven’t had to think about fire safety,” believes Marg Drysdale with the Coastal Fire Centre.

She’s worried that people have become complacent in the wilderness.

“We’d really like people to think about what they’re doing, think about where they’re placing their campfire and think about the safety of those around them.”

Campfires are still allowed on the South Coast, but they must be kept to half a metre by half a metre in size. Drysdale adds, don’t forget to have the means to put them out.

The fire danger rating remains low across most of BC.

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