Kamloops Fire Rescue
Daughters struggle for answers about dementia care after mom suffers horrific death
'SHE COULD HAVE GONE FROM ANY ONE OF HER ILLNESSES," DAUGHTER SAYS, 'BUT SHE BURNED ALIVE." KAMLOOPS — A series of government-funded senior care failures and one last cigarette killed Matilda ‘Tillie’ Olineck, her family says. Jeanne and Jackie Olineck — Tillie’s daughters — were cleaning up their mothers apartment at the Glenfair Complex downtown...
Senior woman dies in fire at Kamloops retirement home
KAMLOOPS — A Kamloops woman has died from her injuries after her room caught fire in a downtown senior’s complex yesterday, Aug. 24. Platoon Capt. Troy Grant says Kamloops Fire Rescue and paramedics responded to the call at Glenfair Complex on Glenfair Drive around 10:20 p.m. and determined the woman fell asleep in her chair...
RCMP investigating suspicious fire at pizza shop
KAMLOOPS — A RCMP investigation is underway into a fire at a pizza shop which started after an accelerant was thrown through a broken window early this morning Firefighters extinguished the fire in the 400-block of Victoria Street around 5 a.m., Aug. 20. RCMP say investigators are still trying identify a suspect. If anyone saw...
No smoke alarms in fire that destroyed trailer on Ord Road
KAMLOOPS — A fire could have gone much worse at the Apple Valley Trailer Park according to a Kamloops Fire Rescue Inspector. Ray Webster says there were no smoke alarms detected in a trailer which went up in flames around 10 a.m. today, Aug. 19. “This could have been far worse,” he says. A neighbour...
Trailer park fire hydrants not up to snuff
KAMLOOPS - Nothing has changed in the Iron Mask Trailer Park since a fire claimed one mobile home on June 1, and it appears nothing will change. The home remains charred with its windows boarded up and various items strewn in front of it. A fire hydrant sits 30 feet away, but water pressure to...
In Kamloops, tossing a cigarette butt will cost you
KAMLOOPS - Fair warning, smokers: If you discard your cigarette out the window, expect a ticket. Kamloops RCMP Const. Jason Epp says police got about a dozen calls about people discarding their cigarettes. So far, four have already been ticketed; more are on the way. Rain over the weekend lowered the fire danger rating in the...
Residents of burned out Sahali apartments might not return for months
KAMLOOPS - The cause of a fire that left one unit uninhabitable at an apartment building on Whiteshield Crescent South remains unknown, but an assistant fire chief says it’s ‘remarkable’ they were able to save the building given its construction. “It’s low end (damage) compared to what it could have been,” Dave McMahon of Kamloops...
Cause of Kamloops apartment fire unknown
KAMLOOPS - A fire that ripped through a Sahali apartment building Sunday is still under investigation. Investigators with Kamloops Fire Rescue are working to determine the cause of a fire at 44 Whiteshield Cres. Dispatch received the call around 6:30 a.m. yesterday, July 5, to attend the Woodlane Manor apartment complex. Firefighters evacuated all residents...
Fire along Schubert Drive causes intense blaze
KAMLOOPS – A fire along the Rivers Trail last night, June 28, engulfed the bush along the river and took 12 firefighters about two hours to extinguish the blaze. Deputy Fire Chief Mike Adams says dispatch received a call around 10 p.m. of a fire near Schubert Drive and Windsor Avenue and crews from the...
Fire at North Shore fourplex still under investigation
KAMLOOPS - A fire ripped through a house and garage on Selkirk Avenue yesterday and while investigators are still trying to determine what happened, the assistant fire chief is saying it's too early to call it suspicious. Members of Kamloops Fire Rescue were called to a fire at a fourplex house on Selkirk Avenue yesterday,...
Dallas grass fire quickly contained
KAMLOOPS - The quick thinking of a nearby homeowner kept a small fire near Highway 1 in Dallas from getting out of hand this afternoon. Fire crews were called out to a grass fire near Pat Road and Highway 1 just before 2:30 p.m, June 11. Capt. Darryl Cooper with Kamloops Fire Rescue says a...
No fire hydrants to fight Kamloops trailer park fire
KAMLOOPS - After a fire ripped through a double-wide trailer at the Iron Mask Mobile Home Park earlier this week the local fire chief has confirmed private hydrants on the property were lacking water flow. “Our thoughts from all of the staff at Kamloops Fire Rescue go out to the family who suffered from this...
Humanitarian remains focused on efforts abroad since return from Nepal
KAMLOOPS - David Sakaki received a call for help with the devestating earthquake in Nepal while he was flying home to Kamloops after his humanitarian work in Nicaragua. So he got off the plane, went home, unpacked and packed again. Sakaki volunteers with GlobalMedic, a team of medical professionals which travels to areas rocked by...
UPDATE: Mother’s Day gift may have destroyed families home
KAMLOOPS – Early indications point to a candle, given to a Kamloops mom for Mother’s Day by her children, as the cause of a fire, which destroyed the family’s home today. Kamloops Fire Rescue was called to a mobile home fire at 1720 Westsyde Rd. just after noon, May 10, and crews arrived to find...
Kamloops gas line blaze
KAMLOOPS – Emergency crews responded to a gas line fire in Kamloops this afternoon. Kamloops Fire Rescue was called to a home at 5500 Kipp Rd. in the Dallas area near the CP Rail tracks between the Trans Canada and South Thompson River at about 11:45 a.m. with reports of the broken gas line and...