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RCMP say small brush fire in Coldstream deliberately set

RCMP investigators are looking for witnesses after a suspicious brush fire in Coldstream last month.

Emergency crews were called to the brush fire at Coldstream Creek Road and Grieve Drive at approximately 2 p.m. Friday, July 25, according to an RCMP media release issued today, Aug. 20.

RCMP said the intentionally set fire was contained to a gully between the roads in a wooded area near a neighbourhood.

“We believe there may be people who have information about this incident that haven’t come forward,” Vernon North Okanagan RCMP media relations officer Const. Chris Terleski said in the release.

If you have any information that could assist the investigation call Vernon RCMP at 250-545-7171 and quote file #2025-12165, or remain anonymous by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477, or leave a tip online here.

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Howard Alexander

Assistant Editor Howard Alexander comes to iNFOnews.ca from the broadcasting side of the media business.

Howard has been a reporter, news anchor, talk show host and news director, first in Saskatchewan and then the Okanagan.

He moved his family to Vernon in the 90s and is proud to call the Okanagan home.

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