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Newfoundland and Labrador has issued a provincewide unfastened occurrence prohibition until further notice.
Outdoor fires connected oregon adjacent wood onshore not permitted
CBC News
· Posted: Jul 11, 2025 2:38 PM EDT | Last Updated: July 11
A provincewide ban connected outdoor fires connected oregon wrong 300 metres of forest onshore was enactment successful spot Friday afternoon.
Campfires are not permitted nether the ban, but the usage of gas, kerosene, intoxicant propane oregon charcoal-burning units is allowed astatine slightest 3.5 metres distant from immoderate wooded area, according to the Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture.
A quality merchandise from the department issued connected Friday recommends that off-road conveyance operators should usage a "proper screening oregon baffling device" to forestall sparks from escaping, and to transportation a occurrence extinguisher with a minimum of 225 grams of ABC-class adust chemic erstwhile travelling successful grassy oregon wooded areas.
Most areas of the state are at a precocious to utmost hazard of wildfire connected Newfoundland and Labrador's occurrence hazard map.
Dry vegetation tin summation the likelihood of wildfires burning.
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