BREAKING: Pub near Chase goes up in flames

CHASE – Crews are battling a fire at a pub just outside of Chase this afternoon.

Images posted to social media within the last hour today, Dec. 21, show the Copper Island Inn and Pub on the Squilax-Anglemont Road in Scotch Creek fully engulfed in flames.

The Scotch Creek Fire Department has not been available to provide more information about the blaze.

There are no details about what caused the fire or how long it has been burning.

We will keep this story updated as more details become available.


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Ashley was born and raised in B.C., and recently moved to Kamloops from Vancouver. She pursued her diploma in journalism at Langara College and graduated in 2015. She got her start as an overnight writer for the Morning News on Global B.C. After spending a year there, she decided to follow her passion and joined iNFOnews.ca as a reporter covering court, cops and crime in Kamloops. If you have a story you think people should know about, email her at alegassic@infonews.ca.


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