As temperatures rise, province urging more caution while burning outdoors
Posted Apr 25, 2016 06:43:25 AM.
Last Updated Apr 25, 2016 06:44:54 AM.
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HALIFAX – While spring temperatures continue to rise in the Halifax-area, the risk of wildfires has increased dramatically and has prompted the province to warn citizens about the dangers associated with open-air burning.
The province’s fire management supervisor, Jim Rudderham, tells News 95.7 there has already been a number of incidents in the past week, including seven brush fires reported this past Friday alone.
Rudderham said all of the fires were started by people and mostly caused by carelessness.
“Honestly, sometimes people don’t know they started a fire,” he said.
“They may have had a four-wheeler go through or they may have been burning something legally and not put it out properly and left for some reason.”
Rudderham said his department sets burn restrictions for all regions of the province, which advises people of the time and place in which they can burn, based mostly on weather conditions.
“Everyday we set the burn restrictions and that’s based on fire signs and it tells you whether or not it’s safe to burn in your county.”
He encourages anybody who is looking for information on brushfires or open-air burning in Nova Scotia to visit their website regularly.
