Oliver firefighters were called to a Tuc el Nuit Drive structure fire early this morning, Sept. 22, 2016.
(JENNIFER STAHN / iNFOnews.ca)
September 22, 2016 - 3:15 PM
OLIVER - Oliver firefighters battled an early morning blaze on Tuc el Nuit Drive today.
Oliver Fire Department spokesperson Rob Graham says the department’s first vehicles arrived on scene around 5:38 a.m., Sept. 22, to find a building undergoing renovations fully involved in flame.
Graham says no one was in the building, which was undergoing renovations to be a duplex residence.
Fifteen to 20 firefighters were on scene until 11:30 a.m.
Graham says investigators have concluded the blaze was electrical in origin.
Police and B.C. Ambulance personnel were also in attendance during the incident.
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