Van crashes, catches fire

Witnesses say explosions and flames could be seen erupting from a van that appeared to have collided into the back of a Rutland grocery store on Saturday evening.

Firefighters, police and paramedics attended the incident, which happened before 6 p.m. behind the Save-On-Foods at Pemberton Road and Gray Road.

A video sent to Castanet shows black smoke and flames pumping from the top of a white van. An onlooker said of about 6:30 p.m., there was still some smoke coming from the vehicle.

It’s unknown if there were any injuries sustained as a result of the collision or fire.

FortisBC crews were also seen responding to the incident. According to the FortisBC website, a vehicle crash caused a power outage that has impacted about nine customers.

There is not yet an estimated time for power to be restored.

Castanet has reached out to BC Emergency Health Services and RCMP for more information about the incident.