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Police investigating suspicious fire in Salmon Arm
SALMON ARM – Salmon Arm RCMP have launched a criminal investigation after a suspected arson…
RCMP say cause of Lake Country wildfire suspicious
LAKE COUNTRY – RCMP are investigating a suspicious fire that started in a gully near…
Downed power lines challenged crews fighting suspicious Rutland fire
KELOWNA – Fire crews had to be careful around downed electrical lines while fighting a…
Police searching for suspect in Central Bar fire
KELOWNA – Police are searching for an arson suspect who cut a gas line and…
Investigators say Kelowna recycling plant fire is suspicious
KELOWNA – RCMP considered a fire overnight at a Kelowna recycling plant suspicious. Just after…
Suspicious fires in Vernon now at 77 in past two years
VERNON – If you paid attention to the news during the past couple of years,…
School is out for one more day at Enderby’s high school
ENDERBY – A suspicious fire in a washroom at the high school in Enderby means…
Unoccupied Rutland building damaged by fire
KELOWNA – An early morning fire at an unoccupied building in Rutland caused major damage…
Suspicious garage fire quickly doused by Kelowna Fire Department
KELOWNA - An early morning garage fire near Cameron Park in Kelowna caused has been deemed suspicious. The Kelowna Fire Department was called out shortly after 5 a.m. today, Oct. 6, to reports of a fire inside a detached garage. Crews were able to quickly extinguish the fire but not before there was some damage...
Vernon pet store posts video of arson suspect
VERNON – The owner of a Vernon pet story is hoping someone recognizes the man suspected of starting a fire on the Labour Day long weekend. A video taken by AJ’s Pets and Things security camera has been posted to the store’s Facebook page. Firefighters were called to the downtown store early in the morning...
Suspicious fire at Vernon pet store
VERNON – RCMP has launched an arson investigation after a suspicious fire at a downtown Vernon pet store Sunday night. Vernon firefighters responded to a call around 6:20 a.m., Sept. 6, about smoke coming from AJ’s Pets and Things at 3219 31 Ave. Capt. Reinhard Mann says crews found a fire had been set at...
Two suspicious fires under investigation in Vernon
VERNON - Police are taking two separate suspicious fires in Vernon very seriously. At this point, investigators can’t say if the pair of fires are connected, but RCMP Const. Jocelyn Noseworthy says these types of cases ‘take a very high priority’ at the detachment, particularly in light of a string of high profile unsolved arsons...
Suspicious fire in West Kelowna
WEST KELOWNA – The RCMP are looking for your help to find a couple of young men after a suspicious fire was set in West Kelowna Wednesday night. Firefighters were called to the front entrance of a property in the 3500 block of Elk Road around 10:30 p.m. and quickly put out the fire. RCMP...
Burnt packing bins bad news for fruit growers
VERNON - Hundreds of wooden bins that would have been used in just a short time to pack the North Okanagan apple harvest were damaged or destroyed in what fire officials are calling a suspicious blaze. The 11:30 p.m. fire Monday night at Growers Supply, the sales arm of B.C. Tree Fruits, located in the...
Authorities investigate another suspicious fire, this time at Middleton Mountain
VERNON - Another suspicious fire in Vernon, this time in fruit shipping containers, has investigators combing through the rubble. The Vernon Fire Department was called out to the 1200 block of Waddington Drive on Middleton Mountain Monday about 11:30 p.m. Tall flames and smoke could be seen from other parts of the city. Numerous wooden...