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Kelowna family homeless after early morning fire

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Rutland house fire leaves family homeless – Apr 21, 2020

A Kelowna family is in the care of Emergency Support Services after their Dougall Road home suffered extensive damage in an early morning fire.

Firefighters were called to the blaze just before 5 a.m. on Tuesday.

They arrived to find the main floor of the home and the carport “fully involved.”

The family was able to get out of the building themselves, fire officials said.

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The cause of the blaze, which is believed to have started in the carport, is under investigation.

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Kelowna RCMP is investigating the fire.

“We are trying to determine if the fire is suspicious,” said Const. Jessica Coutney, a Kelowna RCMP investigator.

“We did have some reports earlier in the evening of some people in the area.”

Kelowna RCMP say the people were deemed to be suspicious and reports say they trespassed on numerous people’s properties.

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