yesterday dozens displaced after SRO fire in vancouver.
firefighters were called and several explosions had been reported in the 200 block of Keefer ST.
We don’t know what exploded, said vancouver fire rescue service Acting assistant chief Dan Nichols.
When crews got on seen obviously, the exsplosion was done.
Vancouverv fire chief Karen Fry said in her own post that crews were battling a second-alarm blaze and hitting it hard in hopes of preventing it from spreading.
Nichols said the fire began on the roof of the building and spread into void spazes between the roof and the top flor ceiling.
Crews could be seen on the roof working to put out hotspots early in the afternoon.
The ground flor of Heritage building at 218 Keefer St. is home to gane Wa restaurant, and there are single rooms occupancy residences on the uper floors, according to Nichols he said everyone inside the building when the fire broke out had evacuated.
the acting assistant chief told CTV news 39 people had been displaced by the fire, the cause of which is under investigation.Residents of the downtown Eastside, Gastown and Chinatown had expressed concern aboutt a growing number of fires in there part of the city.
Several devastating blazes have struck in the area this year including one last month that engulfed 4 buildings, on Powell St. near Princess ave and displaced dozens of residents.
in July flames tor through a church and forsed the evacuation of a neighbouring SRO hotel in a fire that police now believe was intentional, said VP
before that in April 2 people died in a major fire that destroyed the Winters Hotel.
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