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Flames consume RV JENNIFER SMITH Morning Star Staff
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Flames consume a motorhome on Tillicum Road Sunday evening. A woman, who was inside at the time, escaped the blaze.
A BX resident narrowly escaped a fire in a motorhome Sunday evening. Firefighters were called to a Tillicum Road home shortly after 6 p.m. Sunday, where upon arrival, they witnessed flames roaring from an approximately 25-foot motorhome. “A woman was inside working on it and noticed something behind her,” said BX-Swan Lake Fire Rescue chief Bill Wacey. “She looked up in the overhead bunk and there was a large amount of flames. “She got out just in time.” The fire spread to a row of cedar hedges, but crews stopped the blaze from causing any further damage. “Probably seven or eight trees went up, along with the trailer,” said Wacey. While he could not confirm that it was the cause of the fire, Wacey said there was a heater in the overhead bunk at the time of the blaze. The motorhome was approximately five to 10 years old and Wacey estimates the damage to be in the range of $35,000 to $40,000. The incident is now being investigated by ICBC. The motorhome fire followed a busy day for crews, who had recently returned from a blaze at a Dixon Dam Road house. Firefighters purposely lit the house on fire for training. For more, visit www. vernonmorningstar.com
Okanagan Spirits claims top titles Morning Star Staff
A Vernon distillery is among the best in the world. Okanagan Spirits received the distillery of the year and spirit of the year awards, along with the world-class distillery designation, at the 2013 World Spirits Awards held in Klagenfurt, Austria. “This level of recognition puts us alongside a very elite group of world-class distillers who are the superstars of the industry,” said Peter von Hahn, master distiller. “It was an amazing honour a few years ago, when we became Canada’s only master-class distillery, but to surpass that this year with becoming North America’s only worldclass distillery, and being named the World Spirits Awards’ distillery of the year is simply astounding.” In order to achieve this top honour, von Hahn needed a gold medal sweep across a full category, which would mean five gold medals out of five spirits entered in a particular category of alcohol production. But he didn’t stop there. In fact von Hahn went on to win distillery of the year,
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spirit of the year and medal with all 10 of his B.C. fruit-made spirits that he entered, claiming one double gold medal, four gold medals, and five silver medals for his products spanning liqueurs, eau de vie fruit brandies, aquavit and absinthe. In fact, Okanagan Spirits black currant liqueur was given the highest points score ever given to a product at the World Spirits event. “I had previously stated that we needed to dream big to achieve success at an awards event of this caliber, and I guess that big dream came true, placing us directly on top of the world stage of craft spirit production,” said von Hahn.
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