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Due to the change in the season within the region, the Regional District of Okanagan- Similkameen (RDOS) is rescinding the temporary open fire ban at noon on Friday, Oct. 9.

The ban included open fires, campfires, and fires in portable wood burning fireplaces within the RDOS Fire Protection Areas, defined as Anarchist Mountain, Kaleden, Keremeos, Naramata, Okanagan Falls, Tulameen and Willowbrook Fire Areas.

This rescind will also be in conjunction with the municipalities of Penticton, Summerland, Oliver, Osoyoos, Princeton and the Village of Keremeos.

The public is encouraged to continue to restrict their campfires to not larger than half-metre by half-metre in size and have a hand tool such as a shovel or at least eight litres of water nearby to extinguish it.

For more information, visit the RDOS website at www.rdos.bc.ca.