The announcement means that it will still be prohibited to make fires and grill in forests and land, but that it will now be permitted to grill and make fires in fixed grill areas in public places.
– Now the emergency services assess that the forecasts are good enough for us to be able to ease the restrictions on permanent barbecue areas. This does not mean that the risk of forest fire is over, so it is still necessary to be careful and make sure that extinguishing equipment is close at hand, says Jesper Andersson, acting county councilor in Gotland County in a press release.
A fire ban on Gotland also applies in the future. It is, however, permitted to grill within buildings, e.g. on one’s own plot.