Fire crews on scene at Highway 97 vehicle blaze

KELOWNA – A fire truck has just arrived on the scene of a vehicle fully engulfed in flames on Highway 97 in Kelowna.

An eye witness told iNFOnews.ca the vehicle is located on Highway 97 not far from the intersection with Findlay Road, near Kelowna Self Storage. The eyewitness said large amounts of black smoke were billowing from the vehicle.

iNFOnews.ca has reached out to the Kelowna Fire Department for more information.


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After a decade of globetrotting, U.K. native Ben Bulmer ended up settling in Canada in 2009. Calling Vancouver home he headed back to school and studied journalism at Langara College. From there he headed to Ottawa before winding up in a small anglophone village in Quebec, where he worked for three years at a feisty English language newspaper. Ben is always on the hunt for a good story, an interesting tale and to dig up what really matters to the community.