Penticton Fire Department

Dryer fire results in temporary evacuation of Penticton apartment building

PENTICTON - Residents of a Brunswick Street apartment were forced from their residences for a short period yesterday evening. Firefighters responded to a call of a dryer fire on the fourth floor of a Brunswick Street apartment complex around 6:40 p.m., Monday, Jan. 4, Penticton Fire Department Deputy Chief Dave Spalding says. Firefighters arrived to find...

New Year’s Eve house fire in Penticton

PENTICTON – The cause of a small house fire in Penticton New Year’s Eve is under investigation. Fire crews were called to the home in the 500-block of Wade Avenue around 4:30 p.m., Dec. 31. Firefighters put out the small fire and there are unconfirmed reports a woman was taken to hospital with undetermined injuries....

Penticton firefighters douse car fire

PENTICTON - Firefighters were called to downtown Penticton this afternoon to put out a car fire. Fire crews arrived at the intersection of Wade Avenue and Martin Street at approximately 12:50 p.m., Dec. 28, to find a Honda Civic parked at the curb with smoke billowing from the hood and flame from the engine compartment....

Arson suspected in one of two fires to break out in Penticton overnight

PENTICTON - Officials are investigating after two recent blazes in the city — one that caused an explosion in an industrial area last night and a suspicious one at a local grocery store early this morning. A fire started in the loading dock of the Save on More supermarket at Cherry Lane Mall is being...

Explosions rock industrial area in Penticton

PENTICTON - Emergency personnel responded to a series of explosions in a Penticton industrial area yesterday evening. Around 9:30 p.m. yesterday, Dec. 7, a report of an explosion came in for Commercial Way in Penticton. Eyewitness Skyar Noe-Vack could see a large plume of black smoke coming from the rear of a building at the...

Penticton firefighters called to garage fire

PENTICTON - Penticton firefighters were called to a garage fire early this morning, Nov. 27. The call came in at approximately 12:50 a.m. for a fully involved garage fire on Middle Bench Road, according to witness Skylar Noe-Vack. Everyone was able to exit the two storey structure safely, according to Noe-Vack, who said two engines, an...

RCMP investigating Penticton fire sparked by Molotov cocktail

PENTICTON - RCMP are looking into a garage fire started by a Molotov cocktail in Penticton last night. Fire crews were called to a home on Calgary Avenue around 10:20 p.m., Nov. 15, to find the homeowner trying to put out a small fire on the roof of his garage. Deputy fire chief Dave Spalding...