# Open fires.

**Citation:** 49 CFR 193.2809  
**Type / status:** regulation / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 1999-10-01  
**Published:** Not stated

(a) No open fires are permitted at an LNG plant, except at flare stacks and at times and places designated by the operator.

(b) Whenever an open fire is designated, there must be at the site of the fire—

(1) Trained fire fighting personnel; and

(2) Fire control equipment which has the capability 

## Document text

(a) No open fires are permitted at an LNG plant, except at flare stacks and at times and places designated by the operator.

(b) Whenever an open fire is designated, there must be at the site of the fire—

(1) Trained fire fighting personnel; and

(2) Fire control equipment which has the capability of extinguishing the fire.

(c) The fire fighting personnel and equipment must remain at the fire site until the fire is extinguished and there is no possibility of reignition.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CFR-1999-title49-vol3/CFR-1999-title49-vol3-sec193-2809>
- Source ID: `govinfo-cfr`
- SHA-256: `ffc85ffd44c1bf8a2832ca6d21407e6db08570a9bb1f7b4b2ea3f63aba377604`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-12T01:41:23.231Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T06:21:09.591Z
- Document slug: `49-cfr-193-2809`

### Source metadata

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  "section": "193.2809",
  "subpart": "Subpart I—Fire Protection",
  "annualEdition": 1999,
  "revisedAsOf": "1999-10-01",
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