Dry conditions increase risk of grass fires: Vernon fire chief
The City of Vernon and surrounding area are at risk of grass fires catching and spreading.
Though the weather has still been fairly cool, Vernon Fire Rescue Services has responded to several grass and brush fires over the past month.
“The last I heard is we’re sitting around 65 per cent of our normal precipitation for our region at this time of year,” Vernon Fire Chief David Lind told Vernon Matters.
“So we’re definitely dry in the valley bottom. We’ve got some fine, flashy fuels from last year, the grasses and some of the shrubs and those kinds of things, that are pretty dry.”