Effective as of 12pm tomorrow Friday June 12th category 2 open fires will be prohibited in the Nadina Fire Zone, including the the Nadina Forest District.
Meanwhile the existing Category 3 open burning prohibition will be expanded to the entire Northwest Fire Centre, including the Nadina Forest District, the Coast Mountain Forest District, and the Skeena Stikine Forest District.
Anyone conducting a Category 2 or Category 3 open fire within these regions must extinguish any such fire by 12:00, June 12, 2026.
These prohibitions will remain in place until 12 p.m. on Friday, September 25, 2026, or until the public is otherwise notified.
Also in Terrace Category 3 fires will be prohibited as of 12pm tomorrow Friday June 12th.
Throughout the Coast Mountain Forest District and Skeena Stikine Forest District.
This prohibition does not ban Category 1 (campfires) that are a half-meter high by half-meter wide or smaller.
The City of Terrace follows the direction of the Northwest Fire Region, and this ban will be in place until further notice.
For more information on open burning, including a description of each category of burn, please visit: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/…/pre…/fire-bans-and-restrictions
