KELOWNA, B.C. — Police have reopened a bridge across Okanagan Lake in the B.C. Interior after an explosives scare that shut it down for about 11 hours.
Officers say the incident began early Monday morning when a man parked a white panel van across multiple lanes of the William R. Bennett Bridge and posted online remarks about the contents.
Gable said the man made “threatening comments” about his own well-being before setting a fire in the vehicle which firefighters were able to quickly extinguish.
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