Municipal fire ban issued

West Grey, ON - For Immediate Release 

A fire ban has been issued for the Municipality of West Grey on Wednesday June 7, 2023, and is in effect from 8 a.m. on June 7, 2023, until further notice. This ban includes all open-air burning.

All issued burn permits are cancelled at this time. Permits will be extended once the ban is lifted.

The fire ban includes campfires, agricultural burns and open air burning of any kind.  

This ban is issued under municipal bylaw 73-2008 section 3:

3. The Chief Fire Official or his/her designate, should weather conditions or circumstances require such action, may issue a Fire Ban, cancel all permits and no person shall set a fire or allow a fire to burn.

Further information will be provided as it becomes available.

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