Mobile home destroyed in fire that spread to grass on OKIB reserve

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Vernon Mobile home destroyed in fire that spread to grass on OKIB reserve OKIB fire doused Photo: Contributed Okanagan Indian Band firefighters doused a mobile home fire Wednesday. The OKIB Fire Department was notified of the fire shortly after 1 p.m. “When we got there, the mobile home was completely involved,” says OKIB Fire Chief Dave Lawrence. By the time they arrived, grass around the home had also caught fire. “The home was already gone and the grass around it was on fire,” says Lawrence. The burned a 60-metre around the trailer before it was extinguished. Nine firefighters responded to...