Fire causes extensive damage to Kelowna business

An early morning fire in a commercial building at 683 Dease Road in Kelowna caused extensive damage to the interior and contents.

The building is occupied by Kettle Valley Mouldings and Millwork.

A Kelowna Fire Department news release said they were alerted by a 911 call at 3:16 a.m. today, Jan. 9, and arrived to see smoke coming from the door of the building. There were flames and smoke inside. Crews quickly knocked down the fire.

The cause is being investigated but, at this time, it’s not deemed to be a suspicious fire.

Four fire engines and 20 crew attended the fire.


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Rob Munro

Rob Munro has a long history in journalism after starting an underground newspaper in Whitehorse called the Yukon Howl in 1980. He spent five years at the 100 Mile Free Press, starting in the darkroom, moving on to sports and news reporting before becoming the advertising manager. He came to Kelowna in 1989 as a reporter for the Kelowna Daily Courier, and spent the 1990s mostly covering city hall. For most of the past 20 years he worked full time for the union representing newspaper workers throughout B.C. He’s returned to his true love of being a reporter with a special focus on civic politics