Vernon firefighters put out a truck fire at 4:30 a.m. today, July 31, 2019, on Highway 97 near Bailey Road. SUBMITTED/Vernon Fire Rescue

Vernon firefighters douse early morning truck fire

VERNON – Vernon Fire Rescue Services had an early morning call responding to a truck fire just before sunrise today.

Vernon Fire Department responded to a truck on fire at 4:30 a.m. today, July 31, on Highway 97 near Bailey Road south of Vernon.

Nobody was injured in the incident and the fire department says arson was not a factor.

No other information is currently available.

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After a decade of globetrotting, U.K. native Ben Bulmer ended up settling in Canada in 2009. Calling Vancouver home he headed back to school and studied journalism at Langara College. From there he headed to Ottawa before winding up in a small anglophone village in Quebec, where he worked for three years at a feisty English language newspaper. Ben is always on the hunt for a good story, an interesting tale and to dig up what really matters to the community.

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