Trailer fire in North Okanagan claims cat

Trailer fire in North Okanagan claims cat

BX-Swan Lake Fire Department currently on scene

  • Dec. 5, 2019 12:00 a.m.

A mobile home fire in a park on Elmwood Road in the BX was extinguished just before noon on Thursday.

Shortly after 10 a.m. on Dec. 5, BX-Swan Lake firefighters responded to reports of billowing smoke from a mobile home undergoing renovations in a park across from Swan Lake.

Four trucks, half a dozen firefighters and RCMP attended the scene.

A cat was pulled from the home, but did not survive after being treated with oxygen.

An investigation into the cause of the fire is underway.

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