UPDATE: 12:45 p.m.
A reporter on scene says that the Penticton Indian Band fire depertment and Penticton Fire crews seem to have established control of the fire near the fish hatchery.
PIB fire department and @pentictonfire seem to have good control of the fire near the fish hatchery pic.twitter.com/mc8GjPc61X
— PentictonWesternNews (@PentictonNews) August 3, 2018
“We both heard a ‘kaboom’ and we heard someone kickstart or start their motorcross bike and then peeled up the hill,” said Sandor Kovacs, who witnessed the blaze around 12 p.m.
Kovacs said another witness called the fire department after the person on the bike allegedly left the scene.
More to come.
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Original
A car fire has extended to a grass fire near the Penticton Indian Band fish hatchery.
Fire crews are battling a grassfire near the #Penticton Indian Band fish hatchery pic.twitter.com/AbmhJ5GPlH
— PentictonWesternNews (@PentictonNews) August 3, 2018
The size and cause of the blaze are not yet known.
A reporter is on scene.
