Rapid-acting residents help fight grass fires in Munson Pond – Okanagan

One of two small grbad fires in Munson Pond Park on Wednesday was qualified as a suspect by the Kelowna Fire Department.

The fire department.

"We have received reports of a possible grbad fire by Munson Pond," said Capt Tim Hill of the Kelowna Fire Department. some pbadersby noticed it and trampled it before we were on the scene. "

" With the public, be very careful with this stuff, "Hill added." They did a great job today and kept it from moving. "

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Firefighters watered Wednesday's two small fires, checking for hot spots at the same time. Notably, a small fire in Munson Pond was turned off Tuesday.

Hill said that one of Wednesday's fires looked suspicious, and that the police were investigating the scene

"A little suspicious," Hill said. days. "That's why we called the RCMP for what they investigate."

As for the two Wednesday fires, one was lying along a flat land , while the second was off a path

"The witness Frank Shalagan said the fire was bigger and flat." We saw a little lady standing here and she was phoning 911. The flames were still quite small, so I went and started trampling on them. "

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After helping to eliminate some of the fire and waiting for firefighters to arrive, Shalagan said he had no fires idea of ​​how the fire started. He did not know either that there was a second fire, although much smaller, about 40 feet apart

"I wonder if anyone did it on purpose" , supposed Shalagan

the woman who telephoned 911, Arina Vanderpol. She said she was walking around Munson Pond as she does it most mornings when she noticed smoke rising from a plot of land

Having made the first of three turns, Vanderpol said that she saw smoke the first time. So these people came and started trampling. And we took it out on the edges. He was just burning in the middle.

Like Shalagan, Vanderpol said she did not know how the fire had started.

"Only one rider pbaded me and I pbaded them. And that's all. Not a friendly biker, because I said hello and he did not say anything. "

" We have been here only a few months; we know it's the fire season, "added Vanderpol, who lives near Munson Pond." Who could throw a cigarette butt? "

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Shalagan says he walks every day along the Munson Pond.

"I moved out of town," he said. "It's pretty quiet here – it's my new hometown now, and I was concerned about what happened last year with all the wildfires in the country." British Columbia

"Whenever you see a fire, it is a very sensitive subject." Near the place where he lives, Shalagan said "it burns me in some way , so to speak, because it's a beautiful area, this whole city is beautiful. "19659002" Whenever you see the destruction or potential destruction, you want to try to do something about it if you can . If (the fire) had become much bigger, I do not think I could have done much about it. "