The Keremeos Volunteer Fire Department chief is warning residents about how dry the ground is after the department attended a brush fire earlier this week.
On Monday, around 6:15 p.m. on Dec. 17 the department was called out to a fire near Cawston that started with the homeowner burning items he’d cleaned up around his acreage.
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About 10 firefighters fought the blaze for three hours that was being fuelled by sporadic winds. The fire travelled to a nearby large tree that caught fire.
“Special thanks to Tom for falling this monster burning tree,” fire chief Jordy Bosscha said. “If it wasn’t for him, we’d a been there for many more hours.”
Bosscha said there were no injures just minor property damage.
“This fire was another testament to how dry it is out there,” he said.
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