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The hands of the Peachland Fire and Rescue Service were tied yesterday when a fire outside their contracted area of responsibility destroyed a home. They would have responded however if lives were threatened but this wasn't the case. Only the home was damaged. Shannon Quesnel

Oliver tree fire suspicious

PENTICTON – An Oliver firefighter is calling a Sunday morning tree blaze suspicious.

Two pumper trucks headed out to a mobile home park across from Oliver Car and Truck Sales near the corner of Okanagan Highway and Road 1 at 2:24 a.m. The crews found a tree burning beside one of the mobile homes when they arrived. Oliver fire department spokesperson Rob Graham said there might have been smoke damage to the home.

No injuries were reported.

The fire's cause is unknown. Graham said the RCMP was notified.

The Oliver RCMP were not available for comment when this story was posted.

To contact a reporter for this story, to send photos or videos, email Shannon Quesnel at squesnel@infotelnews.ca, call 250-488-3065, send tweets to @shannonquesnel1 or @InfoNewsPentict.

Oliver tree fire suspicious | iNFOnews.ca
A tree caught fire near a mobile home across from Oliver Car and Truck Sales on the Okanagan Highway early Sunday morning. | Credit: Google

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