Despite an announcement that the campfire ban in the Kamloops Fire Centre91裸聊视频攚hich includes the Central Okanagan91裸聊视频攚as lifted at noon on Friday, the Central Okanagan Regional District says that is not the case in its jurisdiction.

91裸聊视频淐entral Okanagan fire chiefs have not lifted the ban on campfires currently in place in the Regional District of Central Okanagan due to continued high fire hazard ratings,91裸聊视频� said the regional district in a release issued Friday afternoon.

The ban, put in place July 26, remains in effect until further notice in local government jurisdictions of the regional district, including Kelowna,Lake Country, West Kelowna, Peachland, the Westbank First Nation and the regional district electoral areas of Central Okanagan East and West, said the RDCO.

Violators could be fined and charged with the cost of fire department response to a burning complaint.

Related: Campfire ban in Kamloops Fire Centre to be lifted noon Friday

On Friday, provincial fire information officer Brenna Ward told Black Press the decision to lift the ban in the Kamloops Fire Centre was made after considering 91裸聊视频渕ore seasonal fall91裸聊视频� weather trends91裸聊视频攍ower temperatures and higher humidity.

91裸聊视频淚 think people are looking forward to the ban being lifted, especially as we head into hunting season,91裸聊视频� she said.

While the campfire ban was lifted in soem areas of the the fire centre, a ban on open fires91裸聊视频攂urning materials, grass or stubble91裸聊视频攔emains in effect.

In the Central Okanagan, residents are encouraged to report illegal burning by calling the regional fire dispatch centre at 250-469-8577 and if they see smoke call 9-1-1.

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