Canadian Armed Forces members investigating the fatal Snowbirds crash in Kamloops are feeling grateful for people in the Brock neighbourhood of Glenview.

CAF public affairs officer, Lt. Alexandra Hejduk, says for two nights in a row people there have barbecued dinner for CAF members on the ground.

“They’ve made us feel like we’re their neighbours in these really tragic circumstances. And the love and the care they’ve been giving has been an enormous help as well. It gives us energy, really,” Hejduk tells NL News.

“The neighbours have seen the team laboring out under the hot sun yesterday. Even though it was 25 degrees, when you’re out in full sun without any shade, it’s arduous… Even throughout the day, various neighbours have set up sort of watering stations, where they have water bottles and coolers to stay cold, so people can stay hydrated. Chairs, for if people need to have a sit-down and take a breather before they get back to work.”

She says it’s especially touching knowing that people on Glenview Avenue are going through their own traumas after the plane came down on their street.

“That morale boost for them has been incredible, and they are incredibly touched.”

Military members are into the third day of investigating the crash of a CT-114 Tutor plane, which killed Capt. Jenn Casey and injured Capt. Richard McDougall on Sunday, just moments after their plane took off from the Kamloops Airport.

Hejduk says it’s still “far too soon” to say when there could be any concrete details from the investigation of the crash scene.

Meanwhile, she did not have an update into Capt. McDougall’s condition, other than to say he is still recovering in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.