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The website says "all campfires", but still trying to figure out if that includes propane fire pits.
It took some digging, but the ban is on Category 1 Campfires, which I'm assuming means all the other categories are verboten as well:
~~The categories don't seem to care about the fuel you're using or whether it's in a pit or not; so, essentially all burning is banned for now (if I understand correctly, the announcement isn't on a BC site yet from what I can find).~~
EDIT: found a map & table of the bans: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/safety/wildfire-status/prevention/fire-bans-and-restrictions
EDIT2: As linked below:
Looks like propane firepits are not banned based on the following bulletin: https://blog.gov.bc.ca/bcwildfire/campfire-prohibition-coming-to-southeast/
Thx for the correction! This info is a bit of a pain to dig up when the news article doesn't cite or link its sources.
Damn, looks like the pellet grill isn't allowed during the summer?!
Propane firepits are very rarely classed as a campfire as they don't really have any ignition risk. Here in SK they are exempt from all fire bans, most of us have one in our yard for when it gets dry in the summer.