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West Kelowna homeowners forced from their home due to fire

A fire in a single-family home in the 3100 block of Shetler Drive in West Kelowna forced the owners out last night, July 17.

“The residence was fully involved and all occupants were out of the building when first arriving apparatus arrived on scene,” says a news release from West Kelowna Fire Rescue.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

The homeowners are being assisted by Emergency Social Services, the news release says.

West Kelowna Fire Rescue responded with 21 personnel, four engines, one aerial truck and one command unit.

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Rob Munro

Rob Munro has a long history in journalism after starting an underground newspaper in Whitehorse called the Yukon Howl in 1980. He spent five years at the 100 Mile Free Press, starting in the darkroom, moving on to sports and news reporting before becoming the advertising manager. He came to Kelowna in 1989 as a reporter for the Kelowna Daily Courier, and spent the 1990s mostly covering city hall. For most of the past 20 years he worked full time for the union representing newspaper workers throughout B.C. He’s returned to his true love of being a reporter with a special focus on civic politics

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