Windstorm results in a busy night for Penticton firefighters
PENTICTON – The windstorm and a brush fire in Penticton last night kept fire crews busy.
Deputy Fire Chief Dave Spalding says it started with transformer outage on Wylie Street around 6:30 p.m., Aug. 21, followed by a series of six calls, including trees against power lines, trees down in Veterans Park and a wildfire between Vancouver Avenue and Marina Way.
Spalding says firefighters were on scene quickly and were able to control the blaze, believed to have been sparked by a campfire. The fire did get into trees, but was contained before it could threaten nearby residences.
A call for a possible car in the lake around 10:40 p.m. on Highway 97 north turned out to be a road sign in the water.
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