{
 "municipality_id": "gx-001310",
 "municipality": "Portage la Prairie",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Manitoba",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "open_burning",
 "label": "Open burning & fires",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-09",
 "official_website": "http://www.city.portage-la-prairie.mb.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Open Air Fire By-Law 04-8228",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.city-plap.com/media/1yag5bop/openairfirebylaw04-8228.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates open-air fires, outdoor burning appliances, permits, restrictions, fire bans, enforcement, and fire suppression cost recovery.",
   "capture_sha256": "1815f5a6a0e96e4846d54605a2248799aeae9c8ad3dc78b4abbd7b55b57cc985",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T06:11:20+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/1815f5a6a0e96e4846d54605a2248799aeae9c8ad3dc78b4abbd7b55b57cc985.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "permit_issuer": "Fire Chief or his designate",
    "allowed_conditions": "Permit not required for portable BBQ cooking, dwelling fireplaces, City campgrounds, Emergency Services training, Province burning, City burn site. Only charcoal or seasoned wood allowed.",
    "fine_range": "not less than $50.00 and not more than $500.00 first offence; not less than $100.00 and not more than $1,000.00 subsequent"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 6",
    "permit_issuer": "s. 7",
    "allowed_conditions": "s. 8; s. 14(a)",
    "fine_range": "s. 18"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/mb/portage-la-prairie/open-burning/text-1815f5a6a0e9/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/mb/portage-la-prairie/open-burning/"
}