{"id":616694,"date":"2026-04-20T14:47:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T14:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/616694\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T14:47:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T14:47:16","slug":"fire-departments-dealing-with-numerous-brush-fires-this-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/616694\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire Departments Dealing with Numerous Brush Fires This Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/brush-fire-port-de-grave-bay-roberts-fire-rescue.jpg\" class=\"header-image\" alt=\"Fire Departments Dealing with Numerous Brush Fires This Spring\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crews responding to a brush fire in Port de Grave on Sunday (Bay Roberts Fire Rescue\/Facebook)<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re still months away from the hot and dry summer months, however some towns have already put a ban on open fires.<\/p>\n<p>The local fire department has issued a fire ban for Heart\u2019s Content and New Perlican effective immediately.<\/p>\n<p>The Heart\u2019s Content Volunteer Fire Department says the decision was made due to a few close calls involving brush fires over the last few days. <\/p>\n<p>All open fires, including recreational fire pits, are prohibited at this time. Propane fire pits are permitted. <\/p>\n<p>Those looking to burn garbage or brush must have a permit from the Department of Forestry and must follow all rules and regulations.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Bay Roberts Fire Rescue is also warning the public to be careful after crews responded to a brush fire in Port de Grave yesterday. <\/p>\n<p>An advisory was issued by RCMP yesterday afternoon asking the public to stay away from the area while crews battled the blaze.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters from the Spaniard\u2019s Bay\/Tilton Volunteer Fire Department assisted in the effort.<\/p>\n<p>The department warns that even though the snow has just melted, the ground is still dry and things can get out of hand rather quickly.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Crews responding to a brush fire in Port de Grave on Sunday (Bay Roberts Fire Rescue\/Facebook) We\u2019re&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":616695,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-616694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}