[ad_1]
The City of Dieppe is asking residents to exercise caution after several preventable fires have occurred in the past week.
On Citys’ social media account, a report indicates that several mulch fires have started, with littered cigarette butts likely to be the root of the problem.
We have received quite a few calls of burning mulch, often when cigarettes are thrown into the mulch it can create fires, said Dieppe Fire District Chief Julien Boudreau. In some cases, mulch fires have caused damage to buildings.
With summer weather conditions starting to set in, Boudreau says the need to properly dispose of cigarettes is even greater.
Wind, heat and drought are the perfect combination for the mulch to catch fire.
Instead, the chief and the city are asking residents to be careful about how they dispose of cigarette butts.
Cigarettes should be thrown away safely and be sure to put them out. Other than that, you definitely shouldn’t throw them out of car windows, Boudreau said.
It is important to never throw cigarette butts on a vehicle or on the ground in public places since they often end up in the mulch found along the flowerbeds, the City of Dieppe said on its Facebook page.
For a second consecutive day, there were mulch fires across the municipality. The fire department …
Posted by City of Dieppe NB / City of Dieppe NB on Tuesday, June 8, 2021
[ad_2]
picture credit