Fire Season has Started

Gardeners already know how dry it is on Thetis when digging in their vegetable starts. And last week, just after the local drizzle, we had a small, early morning bush fire ignited by a downed power line.  Monday afternoon three fire halls and the Cobble Hill forestry crew with the water-bucketing helicopter actioned a large bush fire in Maple Bay at Stoney Hill Regional Park.  All of this points to an early start to fire season.  

Please be very careful with yard waste fires - use a lot of water to extinguish them so that they don't "go to ground" and ignite from underground embers in the coming weeks.

Thank you. 

TIVFD