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Burning ban issued for Lethbridge County; restrictions for other municipalities

A fire ban is now in effect for Lethbridge County.

Officials say hot and dry conditions that currently exist and are forecast to continue over the next week prompted the ban.

The fire ban applies to all open fires within municipal boundaries with the exception of fires contained in cooking or heating appliances fuelled by fluids or gases.

All active Fire Permits are also cancelled and no new fire permits will be issued until further notice.

A fire ban is also now in effect in Vulcan County.

Meanwhile, fire restrictions have been issued Monday (Aug. 17) for the MD of Pincher Creek and MD of Willow Creek.

Hot, dry conditions have pushed the wildfire risk to extreme in many areas. Farmers across the region are being asked to use caution when it comes to harvest operations to prevent the potential for fire starts with machinery.

Patrick Siedlecki
Patrick Siedlecki
Pat has been a mainstay in the CJOC News department from the time the station launched in 2007. He's been in the position of News Director since then and has been anchoring daily news casts as well as reporting and working behind the scenes. Community is important to him and keeping CJOC listeners and readers informed about what's happening across southern Alberta and beyond. Pat has been in radio broadcasting for the past 24 years, starting in Port Alberni on Vancouver Island in 1997 and then moving up island to Nanaimo for another few years before heading to Lethbridge in 2007. Pat grew up in the small Saskatchewan farming town of Foam Lake. After high school, he went to Western Academy Broadcasting College (WABC) in Saskatoon prior to moving to the island. Pat also spent several years broadcasting hockey in the BCHL as well as seven years as the radio voice of the Lethbridge Hurricanes in the WHL. Pat has been working at Cornerstone Funeral Home in Lethbridge as a Certified Life Celebrant and Funeral Assistant since 2016. News and sports have always been Pat's passion from the time he was a teenager and he's always been grateful to have had the opportunity to make that part of what's been a fun and long radio career!
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