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The city’s ban on open air fires is back after Ottawa firefighters battled several grass fires across the area on Tuesday.
At least four grassfires have been reported just one day after the city’s ban was lifted lifted.
The new ban includes open fires with permits and campfires. Ottawa Fire Services is asking the public to extinguish all fires at this time, and said in a statement that there will be zero tolerance enforcement during the ban.
OFS spokesperson Danielle Cardinal says the grass and brush fires are likely being caused by the warm, dry conditions and high winds.
“People are calling us when they think their fire is getting out of their control, and they’re right to do so,” she said.
So far there has been no confirmed structural damage, but Cardinal said that “large swaths” of grass and fields have been burned.
The four fires were located on the 5500 block of Fernbank Road, the 5500 block of William McEwan Drive, the 2600 block of Marchurst Road, and on McBean Street between Richland Drive and Dobson Lane.
The McBean fire was a two-alarm fire that OFS called “aggressive,” and motorists were told to avoid the area as the firefighters worked. The fire was declared “under control” in the early afternoon.
Firefighters are continuing to battle the blaze on Marchurst Road, and earlier in the day they jumped into action to save some equine friends.
At a grass fire at a barn in Richmond, a few nearby horses became “agitated” by the commotion. When firefighters checked on the animals, they noticed the hay inside the corral was smouldering. Cardinal said they quickly put out the fire and prevented any injury to the horses.
Ottawa firefighters were alerted by nervous horses to smouldering haybales near a Richmond-area brush fire Tuesday. The bales were extinguished and the animals were not harmed.
OFS said in a statement that ban will remain in place until conditions improve and the green grass starts to show, which could happen soon – Environment Canada is predicting rain on Thursday.
In the meantime, OFS is reminding the public to use care when butting out cigarettes and to clear off any dry or dead debris from their properties.
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At least four grassfires have been reported just one day after the city’s ban was lifted lifted.
The new ban includes open fires with permits and campfires. Ottawa Fire Services is asking the public to extinguish all fires at this time, and said in a statement that there will be zero tolerance enforcement during the ban.
OFS spokesperson Danielle Cardinal says the grass and brush fires are likely being caused by the warm, dry conditions and high winds.
“People are calling us when they think their fire is getting out of their control, and they’re right to do so,” she said.
So far there has been no confirmed structural damage, but Cardinal said that “large swaths” of grass and fields have been burned.
The four fires were located on the 5500 block of Fernbank Road, the 5500 block of William McEwan Drive, the 2600 block of Marchurst Road, and on McBean Street between Richland Drive and Dobson Lane.
The McBean fire was a two-alarm fire that OFS called “aggressive,” and motorists were told to avoid the area as the firefighters worked. The fire was declared “under control” in the early afternoon.
Firefighters are continuing to battle the blaze on Marchurst Road, and earlier in the day they jumped into action to save some equine friends.
At a grass fire at a barn in Richmond, a few nearby horses became “agitated” by the commotion. When firefighters checked on the animals, they noticed the hay inside the corral was smouldering. Cardinal said they quickly put out the fire and prevented any injury to the horses.
Ottawa firefighters were alerted by nervous horses to smouldering haybales near a Richmond-area brush fire Tuesday. The bales were extinguished and the animals were not harmed.
OFS said in a statement that ban will remain in place until conditions improve and the green grass starts to show, which could happen soon – Environment Canada is predicting rain on Thursday.
In the meantime, OFS is reminding the public to use care when butting out cigarettes and to clear off any dry or dead debris from their properties.
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