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Neighbour rescues family’s home

Neighbour rescues family's home | iNFOnews.ca
A fire was put out by a neighbour with a fire extinguisher at 470 Fleming Road Monday night around 6 p.m. Adam Proskiw

KELOWNA – Firefighters say their job was made a lot easier by a man who took a fire extinguisher to a fire at 470 Fleming Road last night.

The fire started around 6 p.m. and calls to the fire department described open flame and plenty of smoke. Platoon Captain Dennis Miller says by the time firefighters arrived, the fire was put out with a chemical extinguisher. A teenage boy was taken to hospital for smoke inhalation. 

A fire investigator will attempt to determine the cause today. 

To contact the reporter for this story, email Adam Proskiw at aproskiw@infotelnews.ca, call (250) 718-0428 or tweet @AdamProskiw.

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