Fire at base of Dilworth Mountain quickly extinguished

Emergency crews were called to a brush fire near the Okanagan Rail Trail at the base of Dilworth Mountain on Friday afternoon.

The fire was quickly contained, but emergency crews announced that the rail trail was going to be temporarily closed between McCurdy and Dilworth while the blaze was being mopped up.

Perrin Dixon said he was taking pictures on the Okanagan Rail Trail around 2 p.m., when he came across a small brush fire, approximately 20 feet by 30 feet in size.

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Dixon said he called 911 and the fire department.

“I heard the sirens pretty much immediately after I hung up,” said Dixon. “It got up a few of the taller shrubs, but no live trees or anything involved.”

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Asked if he had any sense of how it started, Dixon said “no idea. I didn’t see anyone around or anything like that.”

According to the Kelowna Fire Department, the blaze was human caused. The fire department said a passerby witnessed a person coming from the blaze area prior to fire crews arriving.

Nine firefighters attended the incident, along with members of the RCMP.

The Kelowna Fire Department added a reminder that open-burning season is now closed, and that open fires are not permitted within city limits.