Fire burns through supposed homeless shelter in Kelowna

By Neetu Garcha Global News

Posted November 30, 2015 3:09 pm

Updated November 30, 2015 4:31 pm

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A fire burned through what is believed to be a temporary homeless shelter in downtown Kelowna on Monday morning. Cole Deakin/Global News

KELOWNA — Kelowna fire crews prevented an early morning fire from spreading to an adjacent building Monday morning.

Platoon Captain Eric Simpson says he believes the fire, which burned through what may have been a temporary homeless shelter, was accidentally sparked by a candle.

It happened shortly before 7 a.m. behind a commercial building in the 400 block of Leon Ave.

“Crews knocked it down quickly,” says Simpson. “The fire scorched the outside of the building but there was no extension into the building.”

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