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Grass fire north of Kelowna Airport quickly snuffed by passing motorists

The fire was out and motorists had moved on before 1 p.m.

A small grass fire sparked just off of Highway 97 Sunday (July 10).

Smoke could be seen around 12:30 p.m. and northbound traffic slowed along the highway, just past Old Vernon Road and the Kelowna airport.

Several motorists pulled over to put out the small blaze a video posted to Facebook showed. .

Fortunately, the ordeal was quick and the flames were out before 1 p.m.


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A video journalist with Black Press Media. I recently made the exciting move from my radio anchor position at AM 1150 to this new venture.
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