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When conditions allow, all eligible property owners, farmers and other large lot owners with permits from their local fire jurisdiction may burn specific wood debris outdoors.
Fire officials are asking the public not to burn anything because of significantly dry conditions. At one point Saturday, firefighters from 12 departments were fighting four separate outside fires.
The campfire ban includes the Kamloops, Cariboo and Prince George fire centres, plus most of the Coastal fire centre and parts of the Northwest fire centre.
B.C. is in the grips of what Global BC senior meteorologist Kristi Gordon called a "mini heat wave" with unreasonably high temperatures forecast across southern B.C. this week.
‘This prohibition is being enacted to help prevent human-caused wildfires and protect public safety,’ said the Ministry of Public Safety about an open-fire ban for Kamloops.