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By James Peters

100 Mile House

100 Mile House family safe after home destroyed in weekend fire

Aug 12, 2019 | 4:36 PM

100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. — Members of a 100 Mile House family were left with little more than the clothes on their backs after fire destroyed their home early Sunday.

According to 100 Mile House Fire Rescue Chief Roger Hollander, crews were called to the Grey Crescent home at 2:00 Sunday morning, with the caller stating the family was still trapped inside.

Hollander says when firefighters arrived, the home was fully engulfed, but the two adults, two children and three dogs made it out safely.

“100 Mile House Fire Rescue crews were able to rescue two of the dogs who were on the back porch, trapped by some fire debris. We were able to reunite the family with those two dogs,” said Hollander.

Firefighters extinguished the fire, but not before it destroyed the home and melted some siding on a neighbouring home.

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Hollander says the blaze started in the home’s carport, but it’s not likely investigators will find an exact cause.

“Unfortunately, it was completely destroyed by the time we got there. So a lot of that evidence is destroyed, but it certainly started in that area,” said Hollander.

Hollander says crews were on site for about six hours, and had help from the Lone Butte and 108 Mile fire departments.