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Kelowna Fire Rescue

Camper gutted by fire in Kelowna

KELOWNA – No word yet on the cause of a fire which gutted the inside of a parked camper in Kelowna this morning. Fire crews were called an empty lot in the 1200-block of Brookside Avenue near Wilkinson Street in central Kelowna at about 11:50 a.m., Sept. 5. Platoon captain Tim Lights says firefighters quickly...

UPDATE: Crews battle grass fire in East Kelowna

KELOWNA - Firefighters have put out a grass fire in East Kelowna this afternoon. Fire crews were called at about 3 p.m., June 26, to a fire on a slope above the 3000-block of Pooley Road near McCulloch Road Platoon captain Kelly Stephens says the blaze grew to about 350 feet by 300 feet before...

Firefighters called to garage fire at Kelowna townhouse

KELOWNA - Kelowna firefighters are on the scene of a garage fire at a townhouse complex in Glenmore this afternoon. Fire crews were called to unit 119 at 133 Wyndham Cres. at about 2:22 p.m., May 11. Platoon captain Steve Wallick says the fire was contained to the garage but the cause has not yet...

UPDATE: Crews deal quickly with Kelowna hedge fire

KELOWNA – Firefighters put out a hedge fire between two homes in Kelowna this morning. Kelowna Fire Rescue was called to the blaze in the cedar hedge along a chain link fence at 541 Harrop Ave. in Rutland at about 11:15 a.m., May 8. The flames spread to a deck at one of the homes....

Kelowna Fire Department calls up two per cent

KELOWNA - The release of the 2014 annual report by the Kelowna Fire Department provides a glimpse of what the largest fire department in the B.C. Interior goes through in a year. “Kelowna Fire Department responded to just over 9,500 calls for service which was a two per cent increase from 2013,” says fire chief...

Ceiling fan likely sparked Kelowna house fire

KELOWNA – A Kelowna family is looking for somewhere else to sleep tonight after a fire broke out in the ceiling above a bathroom in their home this afternoon. Firefighters were called to the small blaze at 2235 Arrowhead Crt. in East Kelowna at about 2:37 p.m., April 20. Platoon Capt. Eric Simpson says everyone...

Kelowna kitchen fire damages home

KELOWNA - Firefighters were able to keep a fire contained to the kitchen of a Bouvette Street home Wednesday night but the resulting smoke caused damage throughout the home. The Kelowna Fire Department responded to a call of a fire in a kitchen in a single family residence Wednesday, April 8. In total three engines,...

Kelowna family homeless after grease fire

KELOWNA – A family of five find themselves without a place to live after a grease fire in their half of a Kelowna duplex this afternoon, Jan. 10. Kelowna Fire Rescue got the call around 3:30 p.m. about smoke and flames visible at a home at 645 Hollydell Rd. in Rutland. Platoon captain Kelly Stephens...

New Year’s Eve house fire quickly extinguished

KELOWNA – A patio heater was the cause of a small house fire in Kelowna's Mission neighbourhood on New Year’s Eve. Fire crews were called around 6:20 p.m. Wednesday night about the smell of smoke coming from an outside wall at a home at 989 Westpoint Dr. Turns out a portable natural gas patio heater...

UPDATE: Explosion and fire on Knox Mountain

KELOWNA - Quick thinking by a Kelowna homeowner likely saved his house after the gas tank on a vintage car exploded in the attached garage Monday afternoon. At about 2:25 p.m., fire crews responded to a call about an explosion and fire at a home at 311 Woodpark Cres. in Magic Estates on Knox Mountain....

Suspicious fire at Kelowna care home

KELOWNA – Staff and residents at a Kelowna care home in the Mission were forced to evacuate Saturday after a small, deliberately set fire. Kelowna Fire Rescue received an alarm from the White Heather Care Home at 3728 Casorso Rd. The small fire in the activity room was put out by the building’s sprinkler system...

House destroyed by fire in Kelowna; six homeless

KELOWNA – Six people are looking for a place to spend the night after their home was destroyed by fire Sunday morning in Kelowna. Firefighters were called to the house at 2642 Monford Road in north Glenmore around 9 a.m. They arrived to find flames shooting out of the building and a tower of grey...

RCMP investigating suspicious Kelowna apartment fire

KELOWNA – A man was taken to hospital and the other residents of Sutherland Manor were evacuated from their homes Tuesday morning when fire broke out. Platoon captain Eric Simpson says the first fire crew to arrive at the apartment building at 560 Sutherland Ave. saw smoke coming from the top of the door at...

HAZMAT called to contain chlorine leak

KELOWNA - The HAZMAT team was called to the Rutland Water Works pump Friday morning for a reported chlorine leak though evacuation of the area was not required. The Kelowna Fire Department received the call at 10:29 a.m. and when the team arrived they discovered a regulator malfunction on a 150 pound bottle of chlorine...