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Kamloops blaze causes ‘extensive damage’ to home
A fire that started in the kitchen of a Kamloops home yesterday morning caused extensive…
One person killed in Shuswap house fire, five others escape
A man was killed in a Shuswap house fire yesterday, while four others escaped with…
Kelowna firefighters respond to suspicious fire
Kamloops fire crews quickly doused a suspicious fire in a vacant building this afternoon. On…
Kelowna can’t keep up with growing demand for shelter spaces for the homeless
When Les Bellamy heard an explosion late Sunday evening he looked out the window of…
Garage fire being investigated in Kelowna
The Kelowna Fire Department and RCMP are investigating the cause of a mini blaze that…
Open burning in Kamloops, Okanagan a ‘balancing act’
Heat, fire, smoke, floods and vaccines. These will be the lasting memories of Thompson-Okanagan residents…
RCMP investigating ‘suspicious’ fire that destroyed Kelowna home
A Kelowna house was engulfed in flames last night and the RCMP and fire department…
Vernon gymnastics club fire deemed suspicious
Vernon Fire Rescue Services has concluded that a fire that completed gutted the city's gymnastics…
Vernon firefighters respond to downtown fire in business
Vernon firefighters battled a blaze that began in one of the city's downtown businesses last…
‘Your house is on fire’: Knock on door may have saved Kelowna man’s life
A Kelowna man awoke to banging on his door this week that might have saved…
UPDATE: Fire crews extinguish house fire in Kelowna
No one was hurt but four people were displaced after a two-storey home in the…
‘We will rebuild,’ North Okanagan gymnastics community reeling after facility destroyed by fire
The North Okanagan gymnastics community is mourning the loss of a non-profit’s facility after it…
Firefighters battling flames at Vernon gymnastics club
Emergency crews are on scene of a fire in a Vernon gymnastics club. Witness Kristen…