Tag Archives: Paramedics/Fire
Linden Avenue explosions likely began with overheated batteries: Kamloops Fire Rescue
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue says nobody was injured after several explosions occurred at a home along Linden Avenue Thursday night (Apr. 9). Crews were called to the scene around 5:30 p.m Thursday...
Apr 09, 2021
Kamloops Fire Rescue responds to fire after reported explosion on city's North Shore
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue crews responded to a reported explosion and subsequent fire at a home on the city's North Shore this evening (Apr. 8).A plume of black smoke could be seen across the ci...
Apr 08, 2021
Quilchena Creek area wildfire now being held by BC Wildfire Service
MERRITT, B.C. - The B.C. Wildfire Service says a wildfire in the Quilchena Creek area outside of Merritt is now classified as being held. Kamloops Fire Centre information officer Nicole Bonnett says 2...
Apr 07, 2021
WHL team identifies Shuswap crash victim as player's grandfather
SICAMOUS - A 73-year-old man and a 46-year-old woman tragically died on Highway 1 Tuesday (April 6) afternoon.B.C. RCMP attended the scene of a two-vehicle head-on collision on Highway 1, the main rou...
Apr 07, 2021
Teen seriously injured after fall from rope swing near South Thompson River
KAMLOOPS - Traffic was held up along the East Trans Canada Highway just before noon on Monday (Mar. 22) after Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) received a call of a 13-year-old boy stuck in a culvert.When cr...
Mar 22, 2021
Kamloops Fire Rescue hosts Virtual Junior Firefighter Academy all week
KAMLOOPS - Firefighting fans young and old are in for a treat this week, as Kamloops Fire Rescue is hosting their Virtual Junior Firefighter Academy on social media.The academy falls on spring break a...
Mar 15, 2021
Worker suffers burns at construction site downtown after electrical explosion
KAMLOOPS - A construction worker is being treated at Royal Inland Hospital for burns after a small electrical explosion at a construction site in the 400-block of St. Paul Street downtown.Kamloops Fir...
Mar 08, 2021
Fallen hiker rescued at Peterson Creek Park
KAMLOOPS - A 37-year-old hiker was facing a several hundred metre drop-off on Sunday (Feb. 28). The hiker was alone and fell off the trail at Peterson Creek Park, leaving them to call 9-1-1 while they...
Feb 28, 2021
Kamloops Fire Rescue responds to scrap pile fire at Mission Flats landfill
KAMLOOPS - A large plume of black smoke was visible throughout the city this morning (Feb. 27) as Kamloops Fire Rescue crews were called to fire at the Mission Flats landfill. City Streets and Environ...
Feb 27, 2021
Two people killed in vehicle crash on Trans Canada Highway
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say two people have died following a vehicle collision on the Trans Canada Highway in Valleyview this morning (Feb. 15). Tuesday Morning Update: In a release, Cst. Crystal Eve...
Feb 15, 2021 Image Credit: Contributed / Jeevan Kumar
