Firefighters mop-up after a house fire in Vernon in the 1400 block of 35 Avenue, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019. Ben Bulmer

UPDATE: Vernon firefighters extinguish house fire

VERNON – Crews are working to mop-up following a house fire in Vernon this afternoon that threatened to spread to a neighbouring home.

The fire, in the 1400 block of 35 Avenue across from Silver Star Elementary School, gutted one of the homes this afternoon, Sept. 26.

Vernon Fire Rescue Services asked the public to stay away from the area as fire crews worked to extinguish the flames.

Photos posted to social media showed black smoke billowing from the blaze.

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Ben Bulmer

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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