NEAR FINTRY – A fire Monday morning has destroyed a home in a rural area of the north Okanagan.
North Westside Fire Rescue got a report just after 9:00 a.m. of flames and smoke coming from a home on Pinecrest Road in the Westshore Estates sub-division just off Westside Road.
When crews arrived flames were shooting through the roof.
A neighbour tells Global Okanagan News the adult male resident ran from the home yelling “fire” and admitted to cooking marijuana oil.
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Police say they will investigate that allegation.
The neighbour says the man re-entered the home to obtain possessions and suffered serious burns to his face, arms and hands.
He then sped off in a vehicle and authorities are trying to contact him.
The house had reportedly been raided within the past year for a grow-op.
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