Hedge fire jumped on the roof
Photo: Randy Millis
UPDATE 9:15 p.m.
The Kelowna Fire Department says the fire was caused by “human error and not of suspicious nature”.
“The officer who arrived first reported that flames from the hedge were directed against the reveal area of the house. An aggressive attack quickly put out the fire and prevented it from reaching the attic next door, “added train captain Steve Roshinsky.
KFD responded with four engines, a rescue unit and a command vehicle and seventeen people. RCMP, BCAS, Fortis Electric and Fortis Gas also supported KFD on site.
ORIGINAL 1:55 pm
Firefighters put down a hedge fire on Saturday that had spread to a house in the Kelowna North Glenmore area.
The fire was reported at Wyndham Crescent around 1:15 p.m. after the hedge fire spread to the roof of a nearby home.
The fire brigade reached the fire quickly and was able to put the fire down. The amount of damage to the house is currently unknown.
It is not clear how the fire was started, but a witness at the scene said he believed someone may have used some type of chainsaw before the fire.
This is the second fire the Kelowna Fire Department responded to in the Glenmore area on Saturday after an early morning fire in an apartment complex on Ridgeway Drive that was classified as suspicious.
