Penticton firefighters ventilate a Brunswick Avenue apartment following a dryer fire on Monday, Jan.4. Credit: Skylar Noe-Vack

Dryer fire results in temporary evacuation of Penticton apartment building

PENTICTON – Residents of a Brunswick Street apartment were forced from their residences for a short period yesterday evening.

Firefighters responded to a call of a dryer fire on the fourth floor of a Brunswick Street apartment complex around 6:40 p.m., Monday, Jan. 4, Penticton Fire Department Deputy Chief Dave Spalding says.

Firefighters arrived to find the unit filled with heavy smoke coming from a lint trap in a dryer.

A 20-pound dry chemical extinguisher was used to put out the fire, which also set off the building’s fire alarm.

Firefighters removed the dryer from the building and vented the unit of smoke.  Firefighters were on scene for approximately one hour.

No damage or injuries were reported in the incident. Spalding says residents were allowed back into their units quickly.

To contact a reporter for this story, email Steve Arstad at sarstad@infonews.ca or call 250-488-3065. To contact the editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

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Steve Arstad

I have been looking for news in the South Okanagan - SImilkameen for 20 years, having turned a part time lifelong interest into a full time profession. After five years publishing a local newsletter, several years working as a correspondent / stringer for several local newspapers and seven years as editor of a Similkameen weekly newspaper, I joined iNFOnews.ca in 2014. My goal in the news industry has always been to deliver accurate and interesting articles about local people and places. My interest in the profession is life long - from my earliest memories of grade school, I have enjoyed writing.
As an airborne geophysical surveyor I travelled extensively around the globe, conducting helicopter borne mineral surveys.
I also spent several years at an Okanagan Falls based lumber mill, producing glued-wood laminated products.
As a member of the Kaleden community, I have been involved in the Kaleden Volunteer Fire Department for 22 years, and also serve as a trustee on the Kaleden Irrigation District board.
I am currently married to my wife Judy, of 26 years. We are empty-nesters who enjoy living in Kaleden with our Welsh Terrier, Angus, and cat, Tibbs.
Our two daughters, Meagan and Hayley, reside in Richmond and Victoria, respectively.

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