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korbe
Aug 14, 2014Explorer
"Prohibiting open fires and campfires in all state parks is intended to minimize public confusion".
In all my years of camping in developed campgrounds with fire pits, I have yet to hear of any forest fires starting from them (except for careless people not following common sense with the fires). In California, even with the high fire hazard, the forest Service still allows fires in fire pits within developed campgrounds but the fires must be extinguished when leaving and not left burning with no one around.
In all my years of camping in developed campgrounds with fire pits, I have yet to hear of any forest fires starting from them (except for careless people not following common sense with the fires). In California, even with the high fire hazard, the forest Service still allows fires in fire pits within developed campgrounds but the fires must be extinguished when leaving and not left burning with no one around.
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