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4 stouffvilk suntribune to saturday june 30 2007 dry days spark fireworks worries across region byjoefantauzzi staff writer if you plan to have a blast with fireworks this weekend fire officials recommend you dont do it at home while firefighters in richmond hill are not going to show up to your home and snuff personal fireworks displays deputy fire chief brian ellsworth is urging residents to be extremely extremely extremely careful in light of the lack of rain and dry conditions there is a fire ban in richmond hill improper use of fireworks can become a fire hazard if they start flying around combustibles such as trees and leaves markham fire public educa tion and fire prevention officer dave blizzard said if they get into peoples eaves- troughs they can cause problems mr blizzard said while there is no fire ban in markham all open air burning in fireworks safety handling and discharging of fire works must only be done by adults carefully read and follow the directions always keep a hose or pail of water close by discharge fireworks well away from combustible materials such as buildings trees or grass town is permitted by permit only mr blizzard said if you live south of major macken zie drive you likely wont qualify for a permit he added dont even think about lighting a fire or sparking up that outdoor fire- fireworks displays whitchurchstouffvillejulyl as part of strawberry festival ball diamond 2 945 pm richmond hill july 1 at rich mond green park 1300 elgin mills rdeatlopm markham july 1 at milne park east side of mccowan road south of hyw 7 at 930 pm vaughan july 1 at canadas won derland 10 pm place in whitchurchstouffville this weekend a complete burning ban was issued this week due to warm weather and dry foliage in a nutshell the ban means resi dents will not be allowed to have any form of open air burn such as recre ational fires and fires in chimneytype structures said rob mckenzie dep uty chief with whitchurchstouffville fire and emergency services residents can apply for burning permits but they will not be activated until the ban has been lifted a total fire ban was recently lifted in vaughan chief fire prevention officer john careuso said while the city was not back to that critical point at press time mr careuso said the dry conditions were making it close open air burning is prohibited in vaughan without a permit mr careuso urged anyone who intends to light fireworks on their- property to follow safety rules and ensure they have a way to extinguish tiism he also encouraged people to attend professional fireworks displays around the gta thats probably the best thing they can do with files from jim mason o t o rv o o 3- o cd 2- 3 2 2t o cd 5 vers rt-v- eft zem 5t- eo co o cd aa n cd v 1 v o ft cd eg i m a mm check out your free ng on yof kregion in orderto maintain regions best online business directory please us miowthe details of your hew business or if youve moved yorkregioii it clicks hbme we dare you to compare your insurance rates 1098 00 year t j u year you may be paying 4 times higher over 300 more for the same thing instantly compare what youre paying to over 30 other insurance company rates lnsurancehotlinecom arranges them by price and gives you the 3 lowest rates between insurance companies can vary by 100s even 1000s of dollars jump online and compare plus your quote will be emailed to you instantly youll be shocked how much savings youll find in less than a few minutes automobile motorcycle marine home life health travel commercial lnsurancehotlinecom kuink rono hick in om pock