Elevate your local knowledge
Sign up for the iNFOnews newsletter today!
Kamloops Fire Rescue
Midnight fire destroys Barnhartvale garage
KAMLOOPS – A Barnhartvale garage has been destroyed, but fire crews were able to keep…
Families displaced after fire rips through Kamloops apartment complex
KAMLOOPS – An early morning fire at a North Shore apartment complex has displaced several…
Two young women rescued in Kamloops after vehicle ends up in river
KAMLOOPS – It’s a mystery to firefighters how a car ended up in the river…
Three cats saved from garage fire in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – Fire crews made quick work of a garage fire in Brock this afternoon,…
Valleyview fire believed to be at homeless camp
KAMLOOPS – An early morning fire on the riverbank in Valleyview is believed to have…
Kamloops is ready if wildfire threatens
KAMLOOPS – If Kamloops ever faces a large fire like the one burning at Fort…
Firefighters rescue hikers above Peterson Creek in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – A pair of hikers took on more trail then they could handle and…
Firefighters battling small grassfire near Ord Road
KAMLOOPS – Firefighters quickly knocked down a grassfire near the dog park on Ord Road…
UPDATE: Man killed in Kamloops car crash
KAMLOOPS – Police are investigating following a car crash in Kamloops early Saturday morning that…
House fire on North Shore; cause not suspicious
KAMLOOPS – Local firefighters quickly knocked down a fire at a North Shore home early…
Kamloops fire training centre moving for B.C. Hydro substation
KAMLOOPS – B.C. Hydro’s plan for a new substation is pushing the Kamloops Fire Rescue…
Rope rescue used to pull man from shore of North Thompson River in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – Firefighters conducted a rope rescue near a steep embankment in the North Shore…
Kamloops RCMP looking into downtown house fire
KAMLOOPS – The investigation into a downtown house fire has now been turned over to…
Crews put out early morning Kamloops house fire
KAMLOOPS – Firefighters quickly dealt with a house fire in Kamloops early this morning. Kamloops…
Intense mock search and rescue exercise with RCAF at Kamloops Airport
KAMLOOPS – Extinguishing fires, parachuting search and rescue technicians and the jaws of life were…
Small fire at homeless camp quickly extinguished in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – A fire at a homeless camp underneath the railway in Valleyview was quickly…
Slow down: Very slippery conditions on southern Interior roads
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – The snow has created extremely slippery conditions on roads and highways in the…
Displaced Kamloops family looks to donations for support after boxing day fire
KAMLOOPS - A bit of smoke in a closet turned into a Boxing Day nightmare for a family of four living in the Brocklehurst neighbourhood, but thankfully some support is rolling in to help them rebuild their home. Gin Donovan is accepting donations of household items and money for her sister Heather Wilton’s family who...
One person injured in three-vehicle crash in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – A three-vehicle smash-up on Westsyde Road in Kamloops this morning sent one person to hospital. RCMP say two pickup trucks and a sedan were involved in the collision at about 9 a.m., Dec. 28, at Westsyde Road and Collingwood Drive. One of the pickups ended up at the bottom of an embankment and...
Kamloops family homeless after Boxing Day townhouse fire
KAMLOOPS – A townhouse fire in Kamloops early this morning has left a family of four without a home, but no one was hurt. Fire crews were called to the Glenwood townhouse complex in the 1600-block of Greenfield Avenue at about 6:40 a.m., Dec. 26, and arrived to find flames shooting out of the roof...
UPDATE: One person in custody as RCMP investigate potential arson at Kamloops motel
KAMLOOPS - One person is in custody following a fire at a local motel yesterday, as RCMP investigate a potential arson. The fire destroyed one unit and affected neighbouring hotel rooms at the Star Lodge motel on Columbia Street yesterday, Nov. 11, Kamloops Fire Rescue Platoon Capt. Rob Chalmers says. “There were no injuries from what...
Kamloops motel damaged in afternoon blaze
KAMLOOPS - At least part of a local motel went up in flames this afternoon. Kamloops Fire Rescue confirms the fire at Star Lodge in Sahali is now out but a spokesperson couldn't speak to any injuries or the extent of the damage. We will have more information as it becomes available. To contact a...
Kamloops firefighters set world record on way to the top
KAMLOOPS - If claiming several victories at the national championship wasn’t enough, Kamloops firefighters set a new world record during the Firefighter Combat Challenge in Alabama last month as well. In September, Graham Mackenzie, Mike Brown, Don Clarke, Mark Brise, Shawn Davidson, Josh Booy and Bryce McMillan took part in the FireFit Canadian National Finals...
Excavator destroyed by fire in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – An excavator parked at a construction site on the Westsyde in Kamloops was destroyed by fire last night. A caller to 911 at about 10:38 p.m., Nov. 7, said they saw flames and thought someone was having a bon fire. Kamloops Fire Rescue Platoon Capt. Steve Kilmartin says crews arrived to find an...