{"id":853449,"date":"2026-08-10T22:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T22:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/853449\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T22:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T22:40:08","slug":"off-road-vehicle-use-banned-in-b-c-southern-interior-as-wildfire-threat-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/853449\/","title":{"rendered":"Off-road vehicle use banned in B.C. Southern Interior as wildfire threat continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Off-road vehicle use banned<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"The 2006 Polaris Sportsman 800 All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) was stolen from a property in the 8000 block of Highway 22A, in Trail.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/stolen_atv_p4075678.jpg\" style=\"height:488px; width:650px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Contributed<\/p>\n<p>FILE- The prohibition took effect at noon Monday in the Kamloops and Southeast fire centres, as well as parts of the Cariboo and Coastal fire centres.<\/p>\n<p>Off-road vehicle use for recreation is now banned across large parts of B.C. as the province battles an active wildfire season.<\/p>\n<p>The prohibition took effect at noon Monday in the Kamloops and Southeast fire centres, as well as parts of the Cariboo and Coastal fire centres.<\/p>\n<p>The temporary ban covers ATVs, motorcycles and off-road side-by-sides on Crown land and is aimed at preventing accidental wildfire ignitions and protecting the public and first responders.<\/p>\n<p>The restriction does not apply to private land or national parks, or to emergency responders and agricultural, commercial or industrial users operating vehicles for work.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Anyone found in contravention of a restricted activity prohibition may be issued a ticket for $1,150, required to pay an administrative penalty of $10,000, or, if convicted in court, fined up to $100,000 and\/or sentenced for up to one year in jail,&#8221; the province said in an media release.<\/p>\n<p>The restrictions may be expanded or lifted as conditions change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Off-road vehicle use banned Photo: Contributed FILE- The prohibition took effect at noon Monday in the Kamloops and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":853450,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-853449","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\/853449","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=853449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/853450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=853449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=853449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=853449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}