In a life threatening emergency dial Triple Zero (000)
Storm and Flood Assistance
The ACT Emergency Services Agency (ESA) and ACT Policing are urging smokers to dispose of cigarette butts appropriately, especially during elevated fire danger weather forecast in the ACT over the next few days.
A TOTAL FIRE BAN is in place for the ACT until midnight with SEVERE fire danger conditions expected.
The ESA has received reports of people witnessing smokers throwing cigarette butts out of their car windows during the EXTREME fire danger we experienced in Canberra on Tuesday.
Smokers are strongly urged to not throw cigarette butts out of the window of a vehicle or anywhere which could spark a fire including footpaths, medium strips, sporting fields, grassed areas, gardens, reserves and bushland.
If a fire starts at the forecast fire danger level of SEVERE, it may become uncontrollable and move quickly.
If you witness someone throwing a cigarette butt out of the window of vehicle windows and a fire starts ring Emergency Triple Zero (000) immediately.
