{"id":36752,"date":"2025-08-28T18:13:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T22:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=36752"},"modified":"2025-08-28T18:13:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T22:13:26","slug":"fire-ban-lifted-across-aurora-newmarket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/fire-ban-lifted-across-aurora-newmarket\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire ban lifted across Aurora, Newmarket"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A fire ban placed across Aurora and Newmarket on August 11 due to significantly dry conditions was lifted last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ban was lifted on August 21 after rain alleviated the \u201chot and dry conditions\u201d which were have been of concern across most of Ontario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fire ban, said Central York Fire Services Chief Rocco Volpe, was a \u201cprecaution to prevent large fires and protect the health, safety and air quality of our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the ban has been lifted, the CYFS has asked residents to remain vigilant and continue to practice fire safety if having a fire outdoors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CYFS reminds residents if you\u2019re using an outdoor flame of any kind to follow local rules, including time of day, distance from items that can burn, and the size of the fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fires are not allowed to burn between 11 p.m. and 8 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They must be at least four metres \u2013 or 13 feet \u2013 from your home, lot line, trees, fences, vehicles, overhead wires or any other combustible material. Fires also must be kept small \u2013 no more than 0.75 metres (30 inches) in diameter and 1 metre (40 inches) in height, including to the top of the flame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CYFS also cautions residents not to have a fire when its windy; use only clean, safe fuel; never leave a fire unattended; keep a garden hose close by and ready to use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCentral York Fire Services thanks residents for following the fire ban and doing their part to mitigate the spread of fire,\u201d said the CYFS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By Brock Weir<br \/>Editor<br \/>Local Journalism Initiative Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n\r\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F36752&#038;t=Fire%20ban%20lifted%20across%20Aurora%2C%20Newmarket&#038;s=100&#038;p&#091;url&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F36752&#038;p&#091;images&#093;&#091;0&#093;=&#038;p&#091;title&#093;=Fire%20ban%20lifted%20across%20Aurora%2C%20Newmarket\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F36752&#038;text=Like%3F\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-mail nolightbox\" data-provider=\"mail\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share by email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Fire%20ban%20lifted%20across%20Aurora%2C%20Newmarket&#038;body=Like%3F:%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F36752\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mail\" title=\"Share by email\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/mail.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fire ban placed across Aurora and Newmarket on August 11 due to significantly dry conditions was lifted last week. The ban was lifted on August 21 after rain alleviated the \u201chot and dry conditions\u201d which were have been of concern across most of Ontario. The fire ban, said Central York Fire Services Chief Rocco [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general_news","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-9yM","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-20 17:11:38","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36752"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36753,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36752\/revisions\/36753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}