Fire officials on Prince Edward Island are reminding people that conditions are still too dry for taking chances, after putting out three fires across the Island on Wednesday.

A thrown-away cigarette likely caused a blaze in the woods in the Beach Grove area of Charlottetown, said the city's deputy fire chief, Kent Mitchell. About 1,000 square feet of wooded area burned before it was subdued.

"We want to encourage people to honour the fire ban... that the province issued two weeks ago. Please do not discard cigarettes unnecessarily in the woods," he said.

"Please don't drop your guard on that... It'll likely take a few good rains to — I can't speak for the forestry people, but a few good rains to have that dryness level come up where there's some moisture in the ground.

"Right now it's

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