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UPDATE: Firefighters battle Kelowna house fire
KELOWNA - A home in East Kelowna suffered mostly water and smoke damage after a fire in the attached garage spread to the house today. Firefighters were called to the home at 2105 Diamond Rd. just before noon, Jan. 3, and crews arrived to find the garage fully engulfed in flames, which were spreading to...
New Year’s Eve house fire in Penticton
PENTICTON – The cause of a small house fire in Penticton New Year’s Eve is under investigation. Fire crews were called to the home in the 500-block of Wade Avenue around 4:30 p.m., Dec. 31. Firefighters put out the small fire and there are unconfirmed reports a woman was taken to hospital with undetermined injuries....
Empty Kelowna house badly damage by fire
KELOWNA – Fire crews put out a blaze in an unoccupied house in Rutland this morning and a fire investigator is looking for the cause. Kelowna firefighters were called to the fire at a house in the 200-block of Dougall Road North at about 6:30 a.m., Dec. 12. The first crew on the scene reported...
Fire rips through West Kelowna home
WEST KELOWNA - Residents and their pet were able to escape as flames tore through a home in West Kelowna Wednesday night. West Kelowna Fire Rescue was called to a fire at a single family residence on Empire Place in the Mission Hill area of West Kelowna around 9:45 p.m., Nov. 11. When they arrived...
Woman found dead at West Kelowna house fire identified
WEST KELOWNA - A body found at the scene of a West Kelowna house fire last week has been identified as a resident of the house. The body of Hazel Delgado Budiongan, 37, was found inside the house, which was the scene of an early morning fire on Nov. 4. RCMP consider both her death...
UPDATE: Body discovered following suspicious West Kelowna house fire
WEST KELOWNA - The body of a woman has been discovered after a suspicious house fire in West Kelowna early this morning. West Kelowna Fire Rescue and RCMP responded to the fire at 2311 Boucherie Road around 1:45 a.m., Nov. 4, RCMP spokesman Cpl. Joe Duncan says in a press release. Jason Brolund, the West...
Lake Country house fire sparks arrest
LAKE COUNTRY – RCMP have a man in custody following a house fire in Lake Country this morning. Fire crews, police and an ambulance were dispatched to the blaze at 3109 Beaver Lake Road, near Highway 97 at about 10:11 a.m., Nov. 2. Dean Bose of Oyama says he saw a man in his 50s...
Investigators looking for cause of Kelowna house fire
KELOWNA – Two people escaped unharmed from a house fire in Kelowna last night. The Kelowna Fire Department was called to the house in the 600-block of McClure Road in the Mission at about 7:40 p.m., Oct. 23. Flames were coming out the roof when crews arrived, according a media release. “The fire was knocked...
Suspicious house fire in West Kelowna
WEST KELOWNA – No one was hurt in an early morning house fire in West Kelowna that investigators are calling suspicious. The fire happened Tuesday, Sept. 22, just before 5:30 a.m. on Alexander Court. No one was home at the time and the cause of the fire is not yet known. Firefighters were able to...
UPDATE: Firefighters extinguish house fire in Vernon
VERNON – Investigators are looking for the exact cause of a fire, which started in the kitchen of a home on Alexis Park Drive in Vernon on Sunday. Vernon Fire Department Capt. Reinhard Mann says crews arrived at the home in the 3900-block of Alexis Park Drive at about 2 p.m., Sept. 6, to find...
Penticton firefighters called to townhouse bedroom blaze
PENTICTON - Quick action by Penticton firefighters kept a bedroom blaze from spreading in a townhouse complex yesterday. Penticton Fire Chief Wayne Williams says the department received a call to 3099 South Main St. at 6:38 p.m., Sept. 3, to find a bedroom in one of the units at the Chateau Village ablaze. “The truck...
Fire burns the outside of West Kelowna home
WEST KELOWNA – No word yet on the cause of a fire which burned the exterior of a home's attached garage in West Kelowna Saturday afternoon. West Kelowna Fire Rescue says crews were called to the blaze in the 1000-block of Anders Road in Lakeview Heights at about 3:45 p.m., Aug. 22. Assistant fire chief...
VIDEO: Home destroyed by fire in South Okanagan
WILLOWBROOK – Fire crews worked to prevent a raging house fire from spreading to the surrounding bush in the South Okanagan community of Willowbrook Saturday night. The Willowbrook Fire Department volunteers were called to the home on Green Lake Road at about 10:30 p.m., July 25. A witness says everyone in the house, including the...
Kitchen fire in Kaleden sends one to hospital
KALEDEN – Fire crews put out a fire in a kitchen at a home in Kaleden this afternoon but not before extensive damage was down. The Kaleden Volunteer Fire Department was called to the home at 420 Lakehill Rd. around noon, June 21, according to fire chief Darlene Bailey. Bailey says one person was taken...
UPDATE: Crews deal quickly with Kelowna hedge fire
KELOWNA – Firefighters put out a hedge fire between two homes in Kelowna this morning. Kelowna Fire Rescue was called to the blaze in the cedar hedge along a chain link fence at 541 Harrop Ave. in Rutland at about 11:15 a.m., May 8. The flames spread to a deck at one of the homes....
Cracked chimney causes house fire
KELOWNA – A cracked chimney is to blame for a small house fire on Mathews Road Tuesday morning. According to a release the Kelowna Fire Department, firefighters arrived at 11 a.m. today, May 6, to one of the occupants outside the home. “Firefighters extinguished the flames which were on the side of the house between...
Ceiling fan likely sparked Kelowna house fire
KELOWNA – A Kelowna family is looking for somewhere else to sleep tonight after a fire broke out in the ceiling above a bathroom in their home this afternoon. Firefighters were called to the small blaze at 2235 Arrowhead Crt. in East Kelowna at about 2:37 p.m., April 20. Platoon Capt. Eric Simpson says everyone...
UPDATE: Fire fighters battle house fire in Ellison
KELOWNA – Smoke and flames from a house fire in Ellison above the Kelowna Airport Sunday afternoon, Jan. 11, could be seen for kilometres as crews struggled to get access to the huge blaze. Kelowna Fire Rescue was called at about 11:30 a.m. to the fire at 4211 Twin Creek Pl. A call for mutual...
New Year’s Eve house fire quickly extinguished
KELOWNA – A patio heater was the cause of a small house fire in Kelowna's Mission neighbourhood on New Year’s Eve. Fire crews were called around 6:20 p.m. Wednesday night about the smell of smoke coming from an outside wall at a home at 989 Westpoint Dr. Turns out a portable natural gas patio heater...
UPDATE: Explosion and fire on Knox Mountain
KELOWNA - Quick thinking by a Kelowna homeowner likely saved his house after the gas tank on a vintage car exploded in the attached garage Monday afternoon. At about 2:25 p.m., fire crews responded to a call about an explosion and fire at a home at 311 Woodpark Cres. in Magic Estates on Knox Mountain....
Butane heater sparks Kelowna house fire
KELOWNA – Kelowna fire crews quickly dealt with a house fire in north Rutland Sunday afternoon, but not before it was badly damage by fire and smoke. Heavy black smoke and flame could be seen as firefighters arrived at the home at 894 Finns Rd. around 2:33 p.m. Platoon captain Kelly Stephens says in a...
House destroyed by fire in Kelowna; six homeless
KELOWNA – Six people are looking for a place to spend the night after their home was destroyed by fire Sunday morning in Kelowna. Firefighters were called to the house at 2642 Monford Road in north Glenmore around 9 a.m. They arrived to find flames shooting out of the building and a tower of grey...