 Illegal campfires trigger $48,000 in fines over B.C. Day weekendLaw & Order | 207220 hits | Aug 09 8:14 pm | Posted by: Strutz  B.C. Conservation Office Service says it issued 42 tickets for unlawful campfires while vast areas of the province burn.Commentsview comments in forum Page 1 2 You need to be a member of CKA and be logged into the site, to comment on news. |
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An additional $10,000 for pure stupidity.
FFS any moron can see how dry and vulnerable it is out there. Regardless of how good you think you are at containing a campfire it takes just one ember to escape that could cause devastation for a community. Stop being so careless, thoughtless and stupid. You don't have to like the rules but FFS obey this one for everyone's good.
Right now, until we get significant rain there is no excuse for putting others at risk.
The fines should be more than $1,150. Make it $10,000 and every person present at an illegal campfire gets this fine.
An additional $10,000 for pure stupidity.
FFS any moron can see how dry and vulnerable it is out there. Regardless of how good you think you are at containing a campfire it takes just one ember to escape that could cause devastation for a community. Stop being so careless, thoughtless and stupid. You don't have to like the rules but FFS obey this one for everyone's good.
No surprise there.
Right now, until we get significant rain there is no excuse for putting others at risk.
Friends of mine woke to pounding on their door at 1:50AM this morning and were told they had to evacuate immediately due to yet another wildfire burning in our area of the Cariboo. Don't know the cause of this one yet but considering the fact that we have not had any lightning strikes recently, this could very well be man-made. High time that jail sentences were handed out for man-made fires - that, and really stiff monetary penalties. Putting others lives and property at risk due to ignorance and/or carelessness is simply criminal. Yet no one has yet been charged for starting the Ashcroft Reserve fire last year.
The fines should be more than $1,150. Make it $10,000 and every person present at an illegal campfire gets this fine.
An additional $10,000 for pure stupidity.
FFS any moron can see how dry and vulnerable it is out there. Regardless of how good you think you are at containing a campfire it takes just one ember to escape that could cause devastation for a community. Stop being so careless, thoughtless and stupid. You don't have to like the rules but FFS obey this one for everyone's good.
Agree as well. Too many people act like they�re special and that the rules don�t apply to them. And maybe they get lucky. Their campfire doesn�t give off too many embers and everything is fine. But all it takes is one spark to set everything ablaze.
And but, but it isn't a campfire, its a cooking fire was the most used excuse...
And that excuse will work if the person responsible is:
1. A recent immigrant.
2. A Native.
3. Poor/homeless.
Not on a Conservation officer, it won't.
Perhaps. But it'll work in pretty much any Canadian court and you know it.
Not on a Conservation officer, it won't.
Perhaps. But it'll work in pretty much any Canadian court and you know it.
No, I don't fall for the 'because I heard it happened once, it always does' bullshit you guys like to use so much.
Well here we go again. We in the Hawkins Lake and Eagle Creek area have just been issued an Evacuation Alert due to the Lang Lake fire which is deemed out of control. We are to be prepared to leave with possibly limited notice.
Oh no Mowich...
Hoping for the best for you.
Well here we go again. We in the Hawkins Lake and Eagle Creek area have just been issued an Evacuation Alert due to the Lang Lake fire which is deemed out of control. We are to be prepared to leave with possibly limited notice.
Oh no Mowich...
Hoping for the best for you.
I'm angry, Strutz. Here we are facing the possibility of having to leave our homes yet they have 1 - yeah firefighter and a couple of pieces of equipment on the fire. Parts of the area were upgraded to an evacuation order last night but so far we are still on alert here.