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Grass fire north of ÁðÁ§ÉñÉç Airport quickly snuffed by passing motorists

The fire was out and motorists had moved on before 1 p.m.

A small grass fire sparked just off of Highway 97 Sunday (July 10).

Smoke could be seen around 12:30 p.m. and northbound traffic slowed along the highway, just past Old Vernon Road and the ÁðÁ§ÉñÉç airport.

Several motorists pulled over to put out the small blaze a video posted to Facebook showed. .

Fortunately, the ordeal was quick and the flames were out before 1 p.m.



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Brittany Webster

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I am a video journalist based in ÁðÁ§ÉñÉç and capturing life in the Okanagan
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