Grass fire at Kelowna’s Bertram Creek Park deemed suspicious

The Kelowna Fire Department has now turned over the investigation into a grass fire at a park to the RCMP.

Fire crews got a call just before 11:30 a.m. to Bertram Creek Regional park at the end of Lakeshore Road.

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The call came in as a tree on fire but when firefighters arrived they discovered a grass fire.

Fire officials say they managed to extinguish the fire, which was about 30 by 12 metres, fairly quickly.

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Crews say the fire did not go up into any trees and was slow moving.

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The fire has been deemed suspicious.

Anyone with any information can call RCMP.