Times-Chronicle Staff
An incident attended by the Oliver Fire Department last month involved a patient who pulled an alarm at McKinney Place.
Today, town council will review a fire call report for August, which details 17 calls.
One involved a “hit and run” motor vehicle accident on Highway 97 at Road 5. Another involved a car versus a bicycle at Road 1. The rider suffered minor injuries.
Firefighters were called to a grass fire on the side of a hill on Road 13.
A Fortis BC pole was hit by lightning on Road 21, and a smoke sighting on Tucelnuit Road resulted from someone cooking food on a barbecue.
Firefighters also attended a burning complaint on River Road where a resident was burning rubbish in a campfire.
A small burn pile caused a smoke sighting report on Island Road, where a resident was told to extinguish it.
