Kamloops House Fire

Kamloops area family loses everything in fire; needs your help to regroup

WALHACHIN – A family of four from a small town west of Kamloops are hoping to pick up the pieces after they lost everything in a devastating fire which destroyed their home last week. The fire started on the back porch of the home on Friday, Oct. 9. Katherine Allen, her husband Brian and their...

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...

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,...

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...

UPDATE: Firefighters battle Kamloops trailer blaze

KAMLOOPS – Firefighters finished mopping up a fire at the Iron Mask Mobile Home Park with the help of a water tanker truck as two neighbourhood fire hydrants failed to work, according to the family whose trailer burned down 2:45 p.m. on June 1. “They could have saved our house,” Nicole Green says. Kamloops Fire...

Kamloops house fire victim ‘taking it one day at a time’

KAMLOOPS – On Monday Nancy Klassen stood in front of what’s left of her home after a fire tore through it the day before, claiming it and all her belongings. She remains composed given the circumstances, and is simply thankful she and her two children, eight and 12, escaped unharmed from the Sunday, May 11,...

Attic fire damages Kamloops house

KAMLOOPS - Fire crews still are extinguishing hot spots Thursday morning after a house in Barnhartvale caught fire around 1 a.m.  Capt. Dave Ferguson says the fire, which began early this morning, April 30, was in the attic of the house and then spread to a semi-attached garage. Two residents were home at the time...