Two drivers fined for discarding lit cigarettes

emergency · Summer 2023 · Victoria, Saanich and Central Saanich

A Victoria driver and a Saanich driver were each ticketed $575 under the Wildfire Act for dropping or mishandling a burning cigarette. The article also reports that a Central Saanich brush fire and a residence mulch fire were attributed to discarded cigarettes.

Sources

• “Both were each ticketed $575 under the Wildfire Act” — The Islands Grapevine – September 7th, 2023 (September 7th, 2023)

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