Car fire and crash slow down traffic on Highway 97
Update: 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 22
The car fire on highway 97 caused a major traffic stoppage Wednesday.
The District of Lake Country confirmed that firefighting personnel were dispatched to the scene of a car fire on the highway just north of Winfield, Lake Country at around 3:30 p.m. August 22.
The fire was extinguished, but northbound traffic was halted for roughly two hours as crews extinguished the blaze.