Skip to content

Crews fight garage fire in Kelowna

The Kelowna Fire Department received a call at 9:48 p.m.
22548497_web1_200721-KCN-Fire-PSA_1
Kelowna firefighters extinguished a fire in a detached garage on Aug. 27. (Pixabay)

The Kelowna Fire Department doused a garage fire late on Thursdsay night, Aug. 27.

The department received a call at 9:48 p.m., for a report of smoking coming out of a garage in the 300-block of Patterson Road.

The first officer to arrive on scene confirmed the fire was in the detached garage. Platoon captain Dennis Miller said crews performed an offensive attack and quickly extinguished the fire.

Three engines, a command unit, rescue truck along with 15 fire personnel were at the scene, along with RCMP and B.C. Ambulance Service.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

READ: Dangerous structure fire knocked down in West Kelowna


Twila Amato
Video journalist, Black Press Okanagan
Follow me on Twitter


Twila Amato

About the Author: Twila Amato

Twila was a radio reporter based in northern Vancouver Island. She won the Jack Webster Student Journalism Award while at BCIT and received a degree in ancient and modern Greek history from McGill University.
Read more