UPDATE: A small fire that broke out off of Postill Lake Forestry Service Road near the Kelowna Airport has been put out. The Ellison Volunteer Fire Department was quick to jump on the blaze that measured around 10 metres by 25 metres. The B.C. Forestry Service also responded with three initial attack crews , two of them in the air, one on the ground. The fire started next to the highly traveled road. With no lightning in the area at the time, it looks like the fire was human-caused. Crews will continue monitoring the area to ensure hot spots don’t flare up.
UPDATE: It looks like fast action by fire crews have paid off. A small fire that started in some logs on the side of Postill Lake Road near Kelowna is under control.
KELOWNA – There are reports the B.C. Forestry Service is en route to a fire burning northeast of the Kelowna Airport.
Fire crews got the call just before 3 p.m. Wednesday. The fire is small at this point.
It broke out about three kilometres up Postill Lake Road.
More details to come.
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