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n Bastion Elementary School Grade 1 student Ellie Giesbrecht hangs around the outdoor play area Tuesday morning waiting for classes to start on the first day of the 2013-14 school year.
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Fire, wind and foolishness kept Columbia Shuswap Regional District Fire Services busy Tuesday, Sept. 3. The Shuswap Fire Department was called out at 4 p.m. to what was initially reported as a commercial structure fire but was instead a fire in the residence at a large Tappen dairy farm. Fire Services co-ordinator Kenn Mount says the Shuswap Fire Department was first to respond and then requested additional manpower from the Tappen-Sunnybrae Fire Department. “There were active fire conditions in the kitchen of the residence,” says Mount. “The crews were able to suppress it but there was extension into the attic and into a utility room in the basement.” Mount says 50 per cent of the home was damaged by the fire. “There are compromised roof joists and floors joists and the kitchen was severely damaged as well as an office,” he says. “And there was water and smoke damage throughout.” Mount says response by the volunteer firefighters was a good mutual aid effort, with nine members of the Tappen-Sunnybrae Firehall and 13 from the Shuswap Fire Department. Firefighters were on-scene until 10:30 p.m. Wednesday morning, lead investigator Art Stoll, Scotch Creek-Lee Creek fire chief, returned to the farm, where he cofirmed that no dials on the stove were in the on position. Upon examining a wall vent for the stove, Stoll See Fire on page 2