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Open Fire Ban Increased along Blue Ridge Parkway
October 19, 2007
(Asheville, NC)-Because of the continuing high fire dangers that exist within and along the Blue Ridge Parkway, Parkway Superintendent Phil Francis today extended a temporary ban on open fires that had been in place since late August. The fire ban includes all fires, campfires, charcoal and all solid fuels stoves and grills. According to the fire ban notice, careful use of self-contained gas or liquid fuel stoves is still permitted, as are cigarettes and other legal smoking products. Superintendent Francis noted that wildland fires conditions in both North Carolina and Virginia are ranging from high to extreme and are not likely to significantly change in the near future and the closure is taken to protect the public, private and public lands and their resources. The closure on fires within the lands administered by the National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway is effective immediately and will remain in place until removed by the Superintendent of the Parkway.
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