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Kremmling, Colo. – Stage 2 fire restrictions begin Thursday, August 13th for Bureau of Land Management (BLM) administered lands in Grand and Eagle counties.

Based on recent fire activity in the region and increased fire risk officials in Grand and Eagle counties, along with the Kremmling Field Office have decided to implement stage 2 fire restrictions before this weekend. The BLM will enforce the following temporary restrictions on all BLM public lands under stage 2 fire restrictions until further notice:

• Building, maintaining, attending or using a fire or campfire, charcoal grill, coal, wood burning stove or sheepherders stove, including in developed camping and picnic grounds. Devices using pressurized liquid or gas are exempted.
• Smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle, trailer, building or tent. • Using an explosive requiring fuse or blasting caps, fireworks, rockets, exploding targets and tracers or incendiary ammunition.
• Operating a chainsaw without an approved spark arrestor, and without a chemical pressurized fire extinguisher and a round-point shovel with an overall length of at least 35 inches. The extinguisher will be with the equipment operator. The shovel may be kept with fueling supplies but readily available for use.
• Welding, or operating an acetylene or other torch with open flame (except with a current permit, contract or letter of authorization).
• Operating or using any internal combustion engine without a spark arresting device properly installed, maintained and in effective working order meeting either Department of Agriculture, Forest Service Standar 5100-1a; or appropriate Society of Automotive Engineers recommended practice J335(b) and J350(a).

Maps and fire restriction orders are available at https://go.usa.gov/xfTJm. General information about fire restrictions in Colorado is available at http://www.coemergency.com/p/fire-bans-danger.html.

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