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Oliver Apr 2, 2019 / 10:16 am
The Oliver Fire Department responded to an apparently abandoned truck on fire early Tuesday morning. The blaze took place on Osoyoos Indian Band Land...
Oliver Jan 31, 2019 / 10:04 am
RCMP may get involved after a mysterious car fire at the Osoyoos Indian Band community hall around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. The owner of the vehicle was...
Oliver Dec 21, 2018 / 12:37 pm
The Oliver Fire Department was called to a structure fire early Friday morning in the 5600 block of Sawmill Road. At 1:50 a.m., crews arrived to find...
Oliver Oct 20, 2018 / 5:25 pm
Fire crews in Oliver responded to a home burning on an acreage just east of town on Saturday morning. The Oliver Fire Department was called to the...
Oliver Jun 13, 2018 / 11:45 am
A fire completely destroyed an RV parked on private property just off Highway 97 in Oliver Tuesday evening. The Oliver Fire Department was called to...
Oliver Oct 10, 2018 / 12:45 pm
Fire crews in Oliver doused a fire in an abandoned car early Wednesday morning, which they are treating as suspicious. Oliver Fire Department...
Oliver Apr 10, 2018 / 12:24 pm
UPDATE: 12:20 p.m. RCMP are looking for the owner of the Oliver trailer that burned down Monday night. The mobile home, located on Ryegrass Road just...
Oliver Mar 24, 2018 / 2:31 pm
A travel trailer was destroyed by fire at a camp on the Osoyoos Indian Band early Saturday morning. Fire crews attended the blaze at about 5:30 a.m.,...
Oliver Nov 27, 2017 / 5:44 pm
The Oliver Fire Department was called to a fully engulfed trailer fire Monday afternoon. Crews arrived at about 2:50 p.m., near Road 4 and Snowbrush...
Oliver Mar 21, 2018 / 3:39 pm
The Oliver Fire Department is in process of mopping up a grass fire sparked by an out-of-control open burn. Department spokesman Rob Graham says this...
Oliver Oct 8, 2017 / 8:27 am
UPDATE: 8:25 a.m. The Oliver fire department will be investigating the cause of a fire that broke out in a building behind a house on the 5800 block...
Oliver Dec 18, 2017 / 11:14 am
The Oliver Fire Department was called to suspicious truck fire early Monday morning. Fire crews were called to the 7200 block of Highway 97 shortly...
Oliver Aug 14, 2015 / 10:17 pm
The night sky between Oliver and Osoyoos is aglow tonight as two uncontained wildfires burn on the west side of Highway 97. Evacuation orders and...
Oliver Nov 19, 2017 / 8:50 am
Members of the Oliver fire department attended a suspicious car fire on Sunday morning at a property on Main Street, near Skagit Avenue. Firefighters...
Nk'Mip Creek WIldfire Jul 28, 2021 / 10:57 am
The Nk’Mip Creek Wildfire burning near Oliver and Osoyoos has continued to grow, but BC Wildfire Service Crews are having a tough time mapping...
Oliver Aug 17, 2017 / 6:33 pm
The Oliver Fire Department made quick work of a grass fire on the Osoyoos Indian Band Reserve on Nk’Mip Road Thursday afternoon. Damage was...
Oliver Jul 18, 2017 / 9:55 am
Fire investigators in Oliver are looking into a suspicious fire lit overnight Monday. The Oliver Fire Department was called to Road 5 at Sumac Street...
Oliver May 26, 2017 / 10:16 am
Oliver firefighters responded to a report of smoke coming from an old barn early Friday morning. The call came in about 5 a.m., smoke coming from the...
West Kelowna May 21, 2021 / 1:15 pm
West Kelowna's fire chief doesn't always concern himself with the fire danger rating this early in the season. This isn't one of those...
Oliver Nov 16, 2016 / 1:20 pm
UPDATE: 1:15 p.m. The RCMP has confirmed that a man did die in the motorhome fire on Tuesday evening. According to the RCMP, at about 5:30 p.m., the...
Oliver Aug 17, 2015 / 8:26 pm
UPDATE 8:20 p.m. Highway 97 is now open in both directions, 500 meters north of Oliver. The Oliver Daily News is reporting there was a lack in...
Oliver Aug 15, 2015 / 3:10 pm
A public information meeting is underway at the Oliver Community Centre to bring residents up to date on efforts to battle the Testalinden Creek and...
Oliver Aug 14, 2015 / 6:45 pm
UPDATE: 7:30 p.m. According to those in the area air crews can be seen targeting the fire with water about 7 p.m. The Oliver Fire Department is on...
Oliver Nov 1, 2016 / 3:17 pm
A structure, believed to be an unoccupied home in an orchard, burned in the Oliver area Monday night. Rob Graham, spokesman for the Oliver Fire...
Oliver Aug 16, 2016 / 12:47 pm
An Oliver brush fire that broke out Monday evening was quickly contained and put out. Rob Graham, with the Oliver Fire Department, said the fire,...
Oliver May 26, 2016 / 9:16 am
A fifth-wheel trailer on an Oliver property was destroyed in a fire early Thursday morning. According to Rob Graham, spokesman for the Oliver Fire...
Oliver Aug 18, 2015 / 11:45 am
Residents in Oliver are concerned after a neighbour was seen burning a pile of waste in his yard next to a home that is currently under an evacuation...
Oliver May 3, 2016 / 4:28 pm
The Oliver Fire Department responded to a vehicle fire in a fenced compound Monday night. Department spokesman Rob Graham said when firefighters...
Oliver Aug 15, 2015 / 9:37 pm
Air tankers buzzed overhead as a thick haze enveloped Oliver, Saturday. Two wildfires burning on the edge of town each destroyed one home, and flames...
Oliver Apr 14, 2016 / 8:34 am
A utility panel truck parked in front of a residence north of Oliver was destroyed in a suspicious fire overnight. Rob Graham, spokesman for the...
Oliver Aug 19, 2015 / 3:30 pm
A South Okanagan resident who lost his unique underground home in the Wilsons Mountain wildfire, has finally been allowed to go home. Wally...
Oliver Dec 8, 2015 / 10:33 am
The Oliver Fire Department responded to a vehicle fire on Sawmill Road about 4 p.m. Monday afternoon. Rob Graham, spokesman for the department, said...
Oliver Oct 28, 2015 / 12:02 pm
A man is facing charges after he allegedly started a fire in a dry hedge at the Oliver A&W on Monday. Rob Graham, spokesman for the Oliver Fire...
Oliver Jul 22, 2015 / 12:13 pm
Oliver and forestry firefighters are still on scene at the Willowbrook wildfire. As of this morning, the fire, which has been a challenge to fight due...
Oliver Jul 30, 2015 / 9:43 am
The Oliver Fire Department was busy early this morning, fighting a brush fire caused by a burning pickup. Firefighters responded about 2:45 a.m. to...
Oliver Jul 23, 2015 / 3:24 pm
The 130-hectare Willowbrook fire was 80 per cent contained as of Thursday morning, according to the Oliver Fire Department. Deputy fire chief Bob...
Oliver Jul 24, 2015 / 1:33 pm
The 130-hectare Willowbrook fire was said to be 100 per cent contained as of this morning. Oliver Fire Department deputy fire chief Bob Graham said...
Oliver Jan 22, 2015 / 3:16 pm
Oliver firefighters responded to an electrical fire underneath a mobile home Wednesday night. According to Oliver Fire Department spokesman Rob...
Oliver Jun 10, 2014 / 9:21 pm
An abandoned building burst into flames Tuesday night in Oliver, sending black plumes of smoke into the air. There are no reports of any injuries at...
Oliver Aug 15, 2014 / 11:52 am
A family in Oliver has been displaced after their home burned down in the early hours of Friday morning. Around 3:30 a.m. Oliver RCMP attended a house...
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