Red Gate at Kalamalka Lake Provincial Park in Coldstream, near where fire broke out. (Vernon Matters file photo)

By Pete McIntyre

Near Red Gate

Fire in Kal Lake Park under investigation

Mar 23, 2023 | 11:25 AM

The B.C. Wildfire Service is investigating a brush fire in Kalamalka Lake Provincial Park in Coldstream that is considered suspicious.

The Coldstream Fire Department and B.C. Wildfire responded to the area of the park’s red gate off Kidston Road just before 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 22, after getting multiple reports of a fire.

An area of 40 by 60 feet was burned.

“Coldstream firefighters worked to extinguish the fire and remaining hot spots,” Fire Chief Fiona Morgenthaler-Code told Vernon Matters.

Morgenthaler-Code said, as there was no controlled burns in the park, this fire was deemed suspicious.

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“The scene was handed over to B.C. Wildfire which has jurisdiction for the investigation,” she said.

Coldstream firefighters cleared the scene at 6 p.m.