Fires the magnitude of the McDougall Creek fire sometimes end up being referred to as "zombie fires" — a fire that overwinters deep in the ground and pops back up in the spring. Among the areas hardest hit by the McDougall Creek wildfire was Traders Cove near West Kel...
Update: 10:13 a.m. West Kelowna Fire Rescue is cautioning people near a fire at 1400 Industrial Road to close windows and avoid smoke. The facility, Northside Industries, is used for heavy manufacturing and there are compressed gas cylinders on site. Buildings surrounding the fire have been ...
A police officer was able to snuff out a potential fire yesterday which was burning in a vehicle along a forest services road. On July 13, at 6:18 a.m., West Kelowna RCMP responded to a report of a vehicle fire in the ditch along Bear Lake Main Forest Service Road, according to the...
West Kelowna fire chief Jason Brolund said "things are finally looking better," with an army of 500 firefighters engaged in a battle that is now in a new phase. He told a news briefing Sunday that no more homes in West Kelowna had been destroyed by the McDougall Creek w...
“We rarely see that type of fire behaviour, you know, pre-breakfast time in B.C., and we’re seeing it today and we’re going to see it continue through today,” he said during a news conference on Thursday. Ben Stewart, MLA for West Kelowna, said he woke up Thursday to find ...
Okanagan fire chiefs told a briefing Sunday that it’s not yet known when residents evacuated from homes in West Kelowna and Kelowna might be allowed back, as neighbourhoods are checked and secured, and the fire fight continues. “What’s going to happen? Who knows? ...
Okanagan fire chiefs told a briefing Sunday that it’s not yet known when residents evacuated from homes in West Kelowna and Kelowna might be allowed back, as neighbourhoods are checked and secured, and the fire fight continues. “What’s going to happen? Who knows? It ha...
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It was Russel’s request to have his funeral procession at the Royal LePage hockey arena in West Kelowna surrounded by Canadian flags. RELATED:West Kelowna firefighter dies from cancer The procession left from 1655 Westgate Road at 11:45 a.m. and travelled eastbound on Ross Road to Hewl Roa...
“I love the family dynamic. Everyone in firefighting becomes an extension of your family. The crew morale is something you can’t find anywhere else and you’ll be helping out the community.” READ MORE:West Kootenay man saves deer from freezing river ...