{
 "answer": "In the City of Duncan, British Columbia, open burning & fires rules are set by Duncan Fire Department and Fire Services Bylaw No. 3218, 2023 (amended to April 28, 2025), verified 2026-10-26. Fines: not more than $50,000, plus the cost of prosecution.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000033",
 "municipality": "Duncan",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "open_burning",
 "label": "Open burning & fires",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-26",
 "official_website": "https://duncan.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Duncan Fire Department and Fire Services Bylaw No. 3218, 2023 (amended to April 28, 2025)",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2023-03-20",
   "document_url": "https://duncan.civicweb.net/document/181713",
   "summary": "Part 8: no outdoor burning, open or contained fires (s.8.1); exceptions for manufactured BBQs and cob oven in park, and gas/propane/electric decorative fire pit up to 0.5 m (8.2-8.3); officers may extinguish fires.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-burning",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-23",
   "capture_sha256": "603dc57a756c5fb828bdfcf9303bf3f4a848247f91f9e10737a91fbda34f2433",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-23T22:21:28+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "3218",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/603dc57a756c5fb828bdfcf9303bf3f4a848247f91f9e10737a91fbda34f2433.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "allowed_conditions": "Fire in manufactured natural gas, propane, charcoal, or electric barbeque or Cob Oven (in City Park); fire pit no greater than 0.5 metre diameter using natural gas, propane, or electricity.",
    "fine_range": "not more than $50,000, plus the cost of prosecution"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "allowed_conditions": "s. 8.2; s. 8.3",
    "fine_range": "s. 15.1"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/duncan/open-burning/bylaw-3218/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/duncan/open-burning/"
}