Citizens stomp down Vernon grass fire
VERNON, B.C. — Alert citizens get the credit for possibly preventing a small grass fire from becoming something larger yesterday.
Deputy Fire Chief Scott Hemstad says Vernon Fire Rescue got the call to the 3400 block of 43rd Avenue just after 11:30 am.
“Staff arrived on the scene and they were met by the people who called it in. they basically used their feet to stomp out most of the fire before we got there. We did use a pressurized water extinguisher to extinguish the remainder of the fire.”
RCMP were called and investigators looked through the area but couldn’t find an obvious cause.