All open fires, including campfires and bonfires, are now banned across Prince Edward Island as drought-like conditions raise the risk of wildfires across the province and much of Atlantic Canada.

In a news release Monday, the provincial government said Environment, Energy and Climate Action Minister Gilles Arsenault had issued the order banning all outdoor burning on private property and at provincial parks and campgrounds.

"With forest fires burning in other provinces and the hot dry weather continuing in P.E.I., we need to take every possible step to keep residents and our forests safe," Arsenault was quoted as saying in the news release.

All 3 P.E.I. counties under heat warning, effective Sunday through Wednesday

P.E.I. latest province to restrict outdoor burning amid dry condition

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