West Kelowna townhouse fire

Two families in West Kelowna had to be evacuated from their townhouses as the result of a kitchen fire Tuesday night.

West Kelowna fire fighters were called to a townhouse complex in the 1800 block of Peak Point Drive at around 6 o’clock where they found heavy smoke coming from one of the units.

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“The main body of fire was located on the second floor of the home and several windows had failed due to high heat,” said WK Assistant Fire Chief, Darren Lee. “West Kelowna fire crews were able to quickly confine the fire to the unit and area of origin and prevent it from spreading to adjoining townhouses.”

Lee said four adults and one pet from two separate townhouse units are in the care of emergency support services.

“The preliminary fire cause and origin investigation is complete and a fire crews have thoroughly overhauled the fire area and are monitoring for hot spots,” said Lee.