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Forestry crew mopping up wildfire near Okanagan Connector
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – A human-caused wildfire sparked south of the Okanagan Connector Saturday afternoon is being mopped up by a Wildfire Management crew today. Fire information officer Kayla Pepper says an initial attack crew of 13 firefighters responded to the blaze which grew to 11-hectares in size near Starshine Way Road, north of Missezula Lake yesterday...
Fire at Vernon apartment building quickly doused
VERNON – If a passerby hadn’t noticed smoke from a small fire burning on the outside wall of a Vernon apartment building Saturday afternoon, it could have turned out much worse. Vernon Fire Rescue crews were called to the Sundance Suites at 2902 43 Ave. near MacDonald Park around 4:04 p.m., April 11, to a...
Fall from rock face claims life of teen in Coldstream
VERNON – An 18-year-old fell to his death from a rock face on the King Edward Forest Service Road in Coldstream last night. Vernon RCMP officers and B.C. Ambulance Service paramedics were called to the scene at around 7:30 p.m., April 11. “The male had suffered significant injuries as a result of the fall, and...