No burning of construction materials.
A man working on a new home being built in the southeast portion of Salmon Arm heard that message loud and clear Saturday morning.
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With sirens blaring, firefighters and fire trucks responded to a report of a residential fire on 19th Avenue SE about 8:30 a.m. March 23.
When they arrived, they found a pile of scrap materials being burned outside the structure. The house was intact.
Burning construction materials is not legal, reminds Salmon Arm Fire Chief Brad Shirley.
“It was not a permitted burn. You can’t get a permit for such a thing.”
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He says burning permits are not issued for construction sites, because the materials being burnt are typically plywoods with glues and other similar products. Such materials must be taken to the landfill.
Shirley explains that campfire permits are issued for small fires – no larger than 30 centimetres in diameter - which must burn clean, dry, seasoned firewood.
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There is also an ‘incidental’ backyard burning category for one month in both spring and fall, March 15 to April 15 as well as the month of October. That category applies only to properties of 0.99 of an acre or larger and is intended for burning branches and brush.
As for the fire Saturday morning, which was quickly extinguished by firefighters, Shirley says a warning was given but no ticket.
“That’s not to say we haven’t given out tickets before, but it appeared they weren’t aware of the bylaw,” he explained.
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