A duplex behind this Okanagan Falls main street building burned early this morning, leaving four homeless. Credit: Google street view

Fire destroys Okanagan Falls duplex

Fire destroyed a duplex in downtown Okanagan Falls early Friday morning.

Okanagan Falls Volunteer Fire Department was called to 1016 Main St. at approximately 2:33 a.m., where they found a duplex at the rear of the building fully involved.

Members of the Kaleden Volunteer Fire Department were also called in to assist.

The fire has left four residents without a home. The building was gutted in the incident.

No injuries have been reported. Firemen were still on scene at 7 a.m., mopping up.

We'll have more details as they become available.

To contact the 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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  1. Derrik Pasuetti

    The females who home was the start of the fire is an on and off again meth user.

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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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