West Kelowna Fire Department

• Fireworks shot from moving vehicle on Westside Road, wildfire sparks hours later

  “I was like, this is going to start a fire,” Johansen recalled. “I just had a weird feeling that something bad was going to happen from it.”

  Fire

  Oct 17, 2025
  
• Crews douse West Kelowna industrial building fire

  Emergency crews were at the scene of a large industrial fire in West Kelowna and some businesses were evacuated.

  Fire

  Aug 21, 2024
  
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• Gorman’s Mill saved from path of wind-fuelled fire

  The fire was driven by wind and dry grass, combined with sloping terrain. Crews stopped the fire from spreading towards the Gorman Bros. Lumber storage yard nearby.

  Fire

  Aug 19, 2024
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• Okanagan house labeled as “problem home” destroyed in fire

  There were no injuries reported in the West Kelowna fire and those who lived in neighbouring buildings have been able to return home.

  Fire

  Jun 12, 2024
• B.C. wildfires: More people return to West Kelowna as more planned ignitions get underway

  The fire remains out of control at 12,318 hectares, but according to the West Kelowna Fire Department, there have been improvements on the front lines.

  Fire

  Aug 25, 2023
• Potentially suspicious fire damages West Kelowna shed, RV and hedge

  Fire officials are looking into the cause of a potentially suspicious fire that started a hedge and spread Friday morning to a shed and outbuilding.

  Fire

  Jun 2, 2023
• RV fire in West Kelowna damages 2 homes

  The fire on Shannon Woods Crescent started at around 9 a.m. and as neighbours reported seeing a thick plume of black smoke, multiple trucks rushed to the scene.

  Fire

  Mar 20, 2023
• One dead in motorcycle crash in West Kelowna

  West Kelowna Fire recovered the driver from the bottom of a steep embankment where he was pronounced dead. Police say speed is considered a major factor in this crash.

  Crime

  Aug 23, 2022
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• Man who threw Molotov cocktail in tinder-dry West Kelowna forest hit with fair sentence: fire chief

  'This fire was 100 per cent preventable. It didn't have to happen. The judge did a great job of recognizing that and making it very clear in his sentencing.'

  Crime

  Jun 28, 2022
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• Curling iron cited as cause of bathroom fire: West Kelowna Fire Rescue

  ‘The bathroom where the fire originated suffered charring to the vanity and heat damage to the walls and ceiling,’ WKFR said of the fire.

  Canada

  Apr 26, 2022