Morning fire “suspicious”
Photo: Dean Pratley
The house is on fire in the Lower Mission area on Saturday morning.
UPDATE: 10 am
The big fire in the area of the Lower Mission in Kelowna on Saturday morning burned many “open beach structures” and not home, as originally thought.
In a press release, the captain of the Kelowna fire brigade platoon, Chris Zimmerman, said the fire was considered suspicious and police were now investigating.
Fire crews responded to the fire on 4770 Crighton Road, just below Lakeshore Road, around 5:20 p.m.
“The first employee to arrive locates a number of outdoor beach structures that are fully engaged and spread to the surrounding trees,” Zimmerman said.
“The crews put out the fire with the help of our naval rescue unit and many devices due to the location of these external structures.
Twenty firefighters in three fire engines responded to the blaze, along with a lifeboat.
The great fire could be seen far across Lake Okanagan in West Kelowna.
UPDATE: 7:40
The fire in the house in the area of the Lower Mission in Kelowna was extinguished by fire crews on Saturday morning.
The fire was first spotted by witnesses shortly after 5 a.m., and ambulance crews were on the scene around 5:30 p.m.
The photos show that the house on the shores of Lake Okanagan was completely engulfed in flames. It is unclear what caused the fire.
ORIGINAL: 6:15 p.m.
A house is burning by the lake in the Lower Mission area on Saturday morning.
Castanet has received numerous reports of flames and a large stream of smoke coming from the Lakeshore Road area, in what appears north of Summerhill Winery.
A witness from Lake Okanagan said they first saw smoke around 5:25 a.m. Saturday morning.
Photographs taken from the Gellatly Bay area show the building directly on the shores of the lake, completely engulfed in flames.
Castanet will have more information when it becomes available.
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