UPDATE: Aug. 18
Fire investigators will be back on scene in West Kelowna Friday morning after a second fire was suspiciously set in the Powers Creek Canyon area on Thursday.
While RCMP are not yet calling the fires arson, Cpl. Tania Carroll said, 91裸聊视频渢he RCMP is looking into all possibilities regarding these most recent fires. We will exhaust all avenues of investigation.91裸聊视频�
West Kelowna Fire Rescue was called out to reports of smoke in Glen Canyon Regional Park at 4:59 p.m. on Aug. 17.
Assistant fire chief Darren Lee said the blaze was just 300 metres up the canyon from a similar one the night before.
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Lee said crews were attending to other calls when the first report came in so Lakeview Heights Engine 32 was the first to make it to the scene via Aberdeen Road in Glenrosa.
91裸聊视频淒ue to the extreme fire danger; Engine 32 has been staffed with an additional firefighters this summer. This extra staffing was very helpful this afternoon,91裸聊视频� said Lee. 91裸聊视频淲hen Engine 32 arrived, they reported a grey smoke column in Glen Canyon Regional Park.91裸聊视频�
Much like Wednesday91裸聊视频檚 fire, the blaze was down a steep ravine and difficult to access for firefighters. Engine 32 requested further help and the BC Wildfire Service responded with a Penticton-based Initial Attack Crew and a West Kelowna-based helicopter to support the firefight.
91裸聊视频淓ngine 32 was able to build a down-hill hose-lay and use it to safely and quickly knock the fire down,91裸聊视频� said Lee.
91裸聊视频淥nce the fire intensity was reduced and later arriving units were on-scene; a hand-guard was dug around the fire91裸聊视频檚 perimeter. The fire area was thoroughly overhauled in order to eliminate remaining hot-spots.91裸聊视频�
WKFR and BCWS firefighters were able to contain the fire to an approximate size of 50 feet by 10 feet.
Lee said WKFR will perform several rechecks before the hose-lay is removed from the fire perimeter.
91裸聊视频淧reliminary fire cause and origin investigation indicates that the fire was human caused and an ignition source is yet to be determined,91裸聊视频� added Lee.
91裸聊视频淲KFR fire investigators will return to the scene in order to finish their fire cause and origin investigation.91裸聊视频�
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ORIGINAL: Aug. 17
West Kelowna Fire Rescue crews made quick work of fire in the Powers Creek Canyon area for the second day in a row.
The small blaze sparked just after 5 p.m. about two blocks northwest of the fire yesterday, in the ravine near Glencoe Road and Windt Road.
A witness says fire crews used foam and water to quickly snuff out the blaze.
There has been no lightning in the area so much like yesterday, the fire is suspected to be human caused.
More details to come.
carmen.weld@bpdigital.ca
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