Investigation underway into Vernon mudslide

VERNON, B.C. —   UPDATE-  An irrigation system may have been the cause of a mudslide in Vernon’s Okanagan Landing.
 
Mud, trees and debris came down Tuesday into a pool at the Mandalay condos near the Yacht Club Tuesday, narrowing missing two women in the pool.
 
City spokesperson Nick Nilsen says there were some temporary evacuations .
 
Nilsen says engineer reports indicate the cause could have been a private irrigation system above the condos, either failing or being left on, and saturating the ground.

Nilsen says the watering was on private property above the Mandalay development.
 
Engineers now say the area is stable, and its been turned over to the property owners for insurance and clean-up.

EARLIER – Residents of a Vernon condo complex would like to know how a dry hillside during the hottest days of the year can give way, sending tons of mud, rocks and debris down onto their property.

That happened Tuesday night at the Mandalay Condos on Okanagan Landing Road across from the Vernon Yacht Club.