Woman apprehended near suspicious fire scene

RCMP were called to investigate a grass fire on the hillside east of the Department of National Defence army camp near Highway 97 in Vernon Wednesday night.

The cause is being treated as suspicious after a member of the public saw a woman in the area acting erratically.

“One of our officers approached the hillside from the bottom and located a woman matching the description given by witnesses,” said Cpl. Tania Finn, media relations officer with the Vernon North Okanagan RCMP. “Believing the woman was a danger to herself and others, she was apprehended under the Mental Health Act and transported to the hospital by police.”

Vernon Fire Rescue was on hand to put out the fire.