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RCMP hunting for suspect after several shots fired at Vernon home
Vernon RCMP are investigating a shooting in a residential building and a car fire in…
Vehicle fire spreads to West Kelowna building
WEST KELOWNA – One person is in the care of the BC Ambulance Service after…
Multiple car fires in Rutland now considered arson
KELOWNA – A pair of suspicious car fires were sparked just days apart outside the…
Police investigating fire that destroyed two cars, damaged home
KELOWNA – Kelowna RCMP and fire department investigators are looking into a suspicious fire that…
Second suspicious fire at Lumby residence destroys car
LUMBY – There have been two suspicious fires at the same home in Lumby recently,…
Car fire spreads to garage in Kelowna
KELOWNA – No one was home when a car started on fire next to a Kelowna home early this morning. Firefighters were called to the car fire at about 7:45 a.m., Dec. 19, in the 700-block of Kuipers Crescent in the Upper Mission. Flames from the car had spread to the outside of the home’s...
Another vehicle fire under investigation in Vernon
VERNON - For the third time this month, authorities were called to the scene of a burning vehicle in Vernon. Firefighters were called out at 1:34 a.m. today, Oct. 26, after a truck was reported to be on fire on 35 Avenue in downtown Vernon. Deputy Vernon Fire Chief Jack Blair says the pickup truck...
Fire destroys garage, car in Lake Country
LAKE COUNTRY – While fire investigators continue to probe a garage fire in Lake Country this afternoon, it appears it started in a vehicle parked inside. Lake Country fire crews were called to the blaze at 5955 Glenmore Road at about 11 a.m., Oct. 4. The garage, a car inside and other contents in the...
RCMP following up on torched SUV left on Spallumcheen road
SPALLUMCHEEN - Police are investigating after a vehicle was set on fire just outside of Vernon yesterday. RCMP Const. Jocelyn Noseworthy says officers were called out around 11:30 a.m. Monday, June 29, to Highway 97 near L&A Crossroad in Spallumcheen where a vehicle had been set on fire. “The vehicle was a Lincoln SUV that...
Campfire in downtown Kelowna sparks car fire
KELOWNA – Someone built a campfire next to a car on outside the Level nightclub in downtown Kelowna early this morning, and the car caught on fire. Fire crews were called to 275 Leon Ave. at about 2:50 a.m., Sunday, March 15, arriving to find the car fire had just spread to the adjacent building....
Driver snuffs out own car fire outside Vernon gas station
VERNON - An out-of-town driver’s quick thinking stopped a vehicle fire from being much worse than it was. Vernon Fire Chief Keith Green says a driver pulled into 7-Eleven on 39 Avenue Thursday around noon and noticed smoke coming out of the hood. “(He) used the gas station’s fire extinguisher to out the fire out...
RCMP investigate car fire at Boyd Autobody
PENTICTON - Police are investigating two arson cases from a local auto body shop, one which was successful in setting a car on fire. RCMP received a call around 4:40 a.m. Friday from a security guard at Boyd Autobody in Penticton. Someone broke into the shop and started a car fire, which has caused smoke...
Suspicious car fire outside law office
VERNON - Investigators are calling a vehicle fire Wednesday evening on Main Street suspicious in nature. Deputy fire chief Jack Blair says the department responded to a fully involved Ford Explorer in the lane way by Nixon Wenger just off 30 Avenue around 6:30 p.m. “Firefighters extinguished it and requested RCMP attend,” Blair says. “They...