UPDATE: Crews respond to rooftop fire at downtown business

Vernon Fire Rescue responded to a report of ‘visible smoke’ at a downtown business Thursday morning.

Firefighters were able to extinguish the fire fairly quickly in the area of Distinctive Decor Antiques at 3124 30th Avenue.

Christy Poirier, communications manager with the City of Vernon, said it was reported as potentially coming from an antiques store with reports of black smoke coming from the roof.

“When firefighters arrived on scene they found out the fire was actually started on the exterior of the building, and it was the building beside the antiques store,” Poirier told Vernon Matters.