Fire officials in Penticton have been unable to find the body of an elderly woman who is missing after a destructive fire Wednesday evening.
The blaze engulfed one home on Lakeside Drive and seriously damaged another.
At a Thursday afternoon news conference, Penticton Fire Chief Larry Watkinson said that they combed through the wreckage twice but have been unable to locate the missing senior’s body.
Watkinson said the case will be turned over to RCMP to investigate as a missing persons file.
“We feel unclosed on this event,” Watkinson said.
“We would’ve liked to have had some closure — finding the victim — but maybe there is hope here now.”
Neighbours said the missing woman was in her 90s and is deaf and blind.
Officials are asking anyone with information about the woman’s whereabouts to come forward.