Crews Contain Grass Fire in Ok Landing

Written by Peter McIntyre 107.5 KISSFM  Tuesday, 04 September 2012 16:04  
Update: 426pm:
Grass fire near Old Stamp Mill/Tronson Road in Vernon's Okanagan Landing contained. Deputy F/C Blair tells Kiss FM, it burned about an acre and came within 15 metres of a home.
Cause is under investigation.
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Update: 4pm:
Fire crews continue to work on a grass fire in the Okanagan Landing area. It broke out just before 3 pm in the 7400 block of Old Stamp Mill Road, just off Tronson Road near Kin Beach.
When it first started it was said to be close to structures. City and Okanagan Landing crews are working on it, and reports just minutes ago, indicated it was contained as crews continue to build guards and douse it with water. No word yet on the cause, or how much was burned.
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Fire crews have just been called to a report of a brush or grass fire in the Okanagan Landing area.
The reports indicate the fire is at 7412 Old Stamp Mill Road. It's said to be about 500 meters from structures, and moving quickly.

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Firefighters converge on Tronson Road neighbourhood
  By Richard Rolke - Vernon Morning Star Published: September 04, 2012 4:00 PM

Neighbours and firefighters didn't waste any time extinguishing a blaze in Vernon's Bella Vista area Tuesday.  The fire broke out on a hillside of trees and grass on Tronson Road, near Bella Vista Road, just after 2:30 p.m. Residents initially tackled the blaze with garden hoses and then members of the Vernon and Okanagan Landing fire departments arrived. “If the trees had started candling, it could have been a far different situation,” said Jack Blair, Vernon deputy fire chief. “Conditions are still far from favourable. The ground and grass are still very dry,” The cause of the fire has not been determined.