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Cigarette tossing leads to $575 fine
Cranbrook RCMP issued a fine under the Wildfire Act today to a male who tossed a lit cigarette out of his moving vehicle.
RCMP responded to a complaint of a male driving on 14th Avenue in Cranbrook. The complainant stated that the male driver tossed a cigarette out of the window of his moving vehicle into dry grass.
Witnesses were able to provide a license plate number for an out-of-province Cadillac. The Cranbrook officer was able to locate the vehicle and issued the driver with a ticket under the Wildfire Act for “Drop Release or Mishandle Burning Substance,” which carries a fine of $575.
“Cranbrook RCMP would like to stress to the motoring public that with the dry conditions in and around Cranbrook, it might only take that one cigarette being tossed out a window to cause a devastating and life altering wildfire in our area,” stated Cst. Katie Forgeron of Cranbrook RCMP.
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