Grass fireFirefighters from B.C. Wildfire and Vernon Fire Rescue Services responded to a grass wildfire sparked along the side of Highway 97 south, near the Predator Ridge turnoff, on Thursday afternoon. (Jennifer Smith - Morning Star)

Grass fireFirefighters from B.C. Wildfire and Vernon Fire Rescue Services responded to a grass wildfire sparked along the side of Highway 97 south, near the Predator Ridge turnoff, on Thursday afternoon. (Jennifer Smith - Morning Star)

Grass fire breaks out on highway south of Vernon

Highway 97 traffic slowed as firefighters snuff grass fire

BC Wildfire and firefighters from the Vernon and Coldstream departments are on scene of a grass fire that broke out on Highway 97 between Oyama and Vernon.

The fire sparked on Thursday afternoon around 3:30 p.m.

Traffic is backed up for one kilometre and reduced to a single lane heading southbound.

By 4 p.m., the fire had been extinguished and firefighters began mopping up hot spots.

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