Fire officials are looking into the cause of a potentially suspicious fire that started in a hedge and spread Friday morning to a shed and outbuilding.
The fire was on Concorde Road, in the West Kelowna, B.C., suburb of Lakeview Heights and started with the cedar hedge, a 10-foot by 30-foot outbuilding and an RV trailer.
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“Crews got water on the fire quickly to stop the spread to any more exposures,” fire officials said in a press release.
“They were still on the scene later in the morning, working with an excavator gaining access to the hidden fires under the shed roof structure.”
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The cause of the fire is still under investigation and is considered suspicious at this time.
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