Crews douse 2 suspicious fires in Kelowna

A Sunday morning fire is seen on Springfield Road in Kelowna. (Courtesy: Castanet)

Firefighters in Kelowna knocked down a pair of blazes early Sunday morning and both are being considered suspicious.

The Kelowna Fire Department says multiple calls came in just before 4 a.m. alerting crews to a large pallet fire in the 1700 block of Springfield Road.

In total, three fire engines, a command unit and 13 firefighters responded to the incident.

As the command unit was arriving, a city worker alerted firefighters to another blaze in a garbage can on the other side of the road.

An RCMP officer and the city employee knocked down that fire using snow and a fire extinguisher, according to the department.

“Fire crews completed extinguishment and ensured the fire had not extended into the nearby commercial building,” reads a news release from the fire department. “There is some damage to the exterior of the building and crews ventilated the structure as smoke had migrated in through soffits.”

Firefighters said the pallet fire was burning composite and wood building supplies and they remained on scene into Sunday morning putting it out.

No one was injured in either fire, and both are under investigation.