Days after Barriere implemented a total fire ban, Clearwater is following suit.
All camp fires and open burning within the District of Clearwater will be prohibited as of noon tomorrow, June 26, until further notice.
“[It is due] to unusually high temperatures,” a post on the District of Clearwater’s facebook page says.
The BC Wildfire Service has already banned all open fires larger than a campfire across the Kamloops Fire Centre. That particular ban will be effect until noon on Oct. 15, 2021, unless it is rescinded earlier.
“I’m really surprised that BC Wildfire hasn’t rolled out total fire bans with next weeks forecast,” Clearwater Mayor Merlin Blackwell said on twitter earlier today. “It seems like an obvious trend to me.”
Kamloops Fire and Rescue is also asking residents in the area to be on high alert because of the increase in fire risk with the extreme heat in the region.
A “dangerous” heat warning is in place for much of the province with temperatures in the Kamloops area expected to reach 40 C tomorrow, June 26, before climbing to 41 C from Sunday to Wednesday of next week.