Several municipalities across southern Ontario have issued burn bans, or total fire bans as wildfires continue to rage across the country and a heat warning persists.

On Monday, Aurora and Newmarket issued a total fire ban “effective immediately” and said the ban is necessary “given the hot and dry conditions which can cause fire to spread fast.”

Burning of any kind is not permitted while the fire ban is active. Residents are still allowed to barbeque.

“Given the current weather conditions and the lack of significant rain, we need to take precautions to prevent large fires and protect the health, safety and air quality of our communities,” says central York Fire Services fire chief Rocco Volpe.

The City of St. Catharines has also implemented a ban on all open-air burning until furthe

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