Warm, dry, windy conditions equal prime time for grass fires
Posted Apr 2, 2016 12:49 pm.
Last Updated Apr 2, 2016 12:56 pm.
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A heads up from fire officials to remember fire bans and advisories with the summer-like temperatures this weekend.
The warm weather combined with dry and often windy conditions make this prime time for grass fires.
Battalion Chief Stu Laird with the Calgary Fire Department told 660 NEWS, one of the biggest causes is the tossing of cigarette butts.
“It’s always important .. to remember the proper extinguishments of smoking materials. When we have conditions like this where there’s grass and leaves still from the fall and the wind this time of year, too, it can pick up and keep those cigarette butts and some of those pieces for quite some time,” Laird said.
He says fires still break out, even if it’s been hours since the butt was tossed.
While the City of Calgary is not affected by a fire ban, there are several areas in southern Alberta that are, including the regions around Okotoks, High River, Taber and Medicine Hat.
You can check albertafirebans.ca for updates any time.
