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Fire successful East Vancouver rips done homes
Several families were retired of their homes connected Monday nighttime aft a occurrence ripped done aggregate properties successful East Vancouver.
Just aft 8 p.m. connected Monday, immense flames and embers could beryllium seen shooting into the entity adjacent East Pender Street and Glen Drive.
Four homes were damaged by the fire, with 2 of them perchance destroyed.
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Firefighters responded to a 3rd alarm occurrence past nighttime connected the 1000 artifact of E Pender Street. Took 44 firefighters to get the occurrence nether control. Currently nether investigation.
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The origin of the occurrence is inactive nether probe but occurrence crews said it was a challenging call.
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“These homes are highly hard and challenging to get to,” Vancouver occurrence Chief Karen Fry told Global News, adding that the trees on the thoroughfare added an constituent of trouble to their strategy.
“Trying to get our aerial instrumentality oregon our ladders up precocious to beryllium capable to sprout h2o down connected the homes is tough.”
No injuries person been reported but respective families present request a spot to stay.
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