More fires in a West Kelowna , B.C., neighbourhood have residents on heightened alert.

“It’s very scary,” said Sylvia Lavoie. “We do keep an eye out.”

Crews with West Kelowna Fire Rescue jumped into action Monday evening to put out a pair of fires, one at around 5 p.m, the other at 9 p.m.

“They are being treated as suspicious,” West Kelowna fire chief Jason Brolund told Global News.

Both fires erupted close to one another in the Lower Gellatly area, not far from city hall.

The two fires follow a recent series of fires, including six in a span of less than 24 hours last week, which are believed to have been deliberately set.

“We’ve had a string of fires in that neighbourhood,” Brolund said. “To have two additional fires in that close a time has definitely caused us to go back and in

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