Canada Day Grass Fire Believed to Be Started by Illegal Fireworks, Says Vernon RCMP

Canada day grass fire believed to be started by illegal fireworks, says Vernon RCMP

Mounties are investigating a suspicious late-night grass fire sparked on Canada Day in Vernon.

Vernon grass fire doused, caused by illegal fireworks

Vernon North Okanagan RCMP and fire crews quickly responded and contained the blaze

Illegal Canada Day fireworks spark grass fire in Vernon

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READER REPORT: Explosive-throwers start fire, extinguished by neighbors

The scanner is hopping with “explosion” calls all around the peninsula. In this dry time of year, this is what can result, as just reported by Rose in Admiral: Some jerks drove up to our traffic circle at the corner of 39th and Lander and deliberately threw a loud firework into the dry grasses, which caught fire. The flames consumed about a1/4 of the vegetation before my neighbors and I managed to put it out carrying bowls of water and a waterin…