(Photo credit: Facebook/Vernon & Area Community Forum)

By Pete McIntyre

in Coldstream

UPDATE: Car is ‘total loss’ after fire on side of highway

Oct 4, 2022 | 6:30 PM

UPDATE: 6:30 p.m.

A vehicle was destroyed after catching fire along Highway 97 in Coldstream this afternoon.

The Coldstream Fire Department responded south of College Way around 4 p.m. with fire chief Fiona Morgenthaler-Code saying the fire appeared to be caused by a mechanical issue.

She said the two occupants escaped safely, but the car was a “total loss.”

“Highway 97 [northbound lanes] was closed briefly as we aggressively fought the fire which was limited to the vehicle itself and thankfully did not spread to the surrounding area,” Morgenthaler-Code told Vernon Matters.

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The highway was reopened to single lane traffic north bound with RCMP and traffic control on scene.

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Car fire on side of highway
Oct 4, 2022 | 4:45 PM

A small car sustained major damage after catching fire on the highway south of Vernon this afternoon.

A posting on Facebook’s Vernon and Area Community Forum said the blaze was just west of the Okanagan College campus in the northbound lanes of on Highway 97 around 4:10 p.m.

Firefighters believed to be from Coldstream were responding.

The posting said it looked like the car’s occupants got out and were standing on the side of the road.

Vernon Matters has reached out to the Coldstream Fire Department for details.