West Kelowna
Mobile home destroyed by fire
Photo: Trevor Rockliffe
Tracy Teal looks after one of the rescued guinea pigs
It was not the best start to the new school year for a Westbank family.
A mother and three children are without a home after fire ripped through their mobile home in the Princess Mobile Home Park on Boucherie Road.
Tracy Teal and her kids have lost almost everything, but they did not lose the family pets. Her dogs were taken in by neighbours and fireman rescued the family's three guinea pigs.
"I'm just so thankful that they are all ok and nobody was hurt, the rest is replaceable," says Tracy Teal as she was holding one of the rescued guinea pigs.
The call came in just before 9 a.m. Tuesday.
Fortunately, no one was inside the home at the time of the fire.
The home is a complete loss.
No word on a possible cause.
Photo: Trevor Rockliffe - Castanet
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