Fire

FIRE – Man dies in Blackpool fire, another taken to hospital with burns

May 9, 2024 // 0 Comments

One person died, and another person was taken to hospital as a result of a fire at a home in Blackpool on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Blackpool Fire Rescue responded to a report [Continue]

FIRES – Five suspicious fires around town being investigated

April 3, 2024 // 0 Comments

Police are investigating five suspicious fires reported between Saturday and Monday morning. On April 1, 2024, around 1:20 a.m., police were called to their fifth fire in [Continue]

FIRE – Suspected arson at Brunner Avenue house being investigated

March 13, 2024 // 0 Comments

An early morning residential fire in Brocklehurst is being treated as an arson investigation. Today (March 13, 2024) around 3 a.m., Kamloops RCMP were called to a house on [Continue]

FIRE – Man dies in house fire south of Little Fort

February 28, 2024 // 1 Comment

A man in his 80s died today (Feb. 28, 2024) in a fire that consumed a home south of Little Fort. He was the lone occupant. The Little Fort Fire Department and Blackpool Fire [Continue]

FIRE – Former rooming house on Seymour Street West goes up in flames

December 15, 2023 // 1 Comment

A fire in a former rooming house on Seymour Street West today (Friday, Dec. 15, 2023) had traffic backed up all the way to Overlanders Bridge for a good part of the morning. [Continue]

RECYCLING – City’s recycling handled by TNRD in wake of Emterra fire

June 9, 2023 // 0 Comments

The Thompson-Nicola Regional District, City of Kamloops and Recycle BC have stepped in to ensure that recycling is still available following a fire at Emterra Environmental. [Continue]