by Rachael Kimola -Feb 24, 2008 CASTANET
A large cedar tree in a North Okanagan park burned to the ground early Sunday. Lieutenant Jim Beiber of the Vernon fire department says they responded to a call of a tree on fire at Polson Park just after 1:30 a.m. “According to dispatch, we got more calls on this tree fire than we would have on a house fire, so it was really noticeable. It was a solitary cedar tree standing alone at one end of the park, there was no chance of the fire spreading to other trees,” says Beiber. He says given the time of year and the tree’s location, the chances that the fire was human caused is very high. “It’s my suspicion that the fire was deliberately set. It was completely burned down by the time we arrived. We spent about 20 minutes applying foam to the area, penetrating the topsoil, just to make sure it didn’t start up again.” Beiber says this is the second time a cedar has gone up in flames this month. “There was an incident a couple weeks ago at the other end of the park where a tree and some cedar brushes were destroyed by fire, but there’s no way to know if the two incidents are connected.”
A large cedar tree in a North Okanagan park burned to the ground early Sunday. Lieutenant Jim Beiber of the Vernon fire department says they responded to a call of a tree on fire at Polson Park just after 1:30 a.m. “According to dispatch, we got more calls on this tree fire than we would have on a house fire, so it was really noticeable. It was a solitary cedar tree standing alone at one end of the park, there was no chance of the fire spreading to other trees,” says Beiber. He says given the time of year and the tree’s location, the chances that the fire was human caused is very high. “It’s my suspicion that the fire was deliberately set. It was completely burned down by the time we arrived. We spent about 20 minutes applying foam to the area, penetrating the topsoil, just to make sure it didn’t start up again.” Beiber says this is the second time a cedar has gone up in flames this month. “There was an incident a couple weeks ago at the other end of the park where a tree and some cedar brushes were destroyed by fire, but there’s no way to know if the two incidents are connected.”
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