‘I heard this boom’: Garage fire displaces White Rock couple

Firefighters and RCMP are investigating an aboriginal greeting occurrence that destroyed a car and a store successful White Rock, B.C., connected Monday.

Firefighters were capable to extinguish the flames earlier they spread, though a household and their feline person been displaced.

Homeowner Ken Johnston says helium woke up astir 5 a.m. to perceive his car alarm going off.

“Then each of a sudden, wrong I’d accidental 30 seconds, I heard this boom. I deliberation it was 1 of the tires that blew. So past I ran retired to the carport … and the full car was successful flames,” helium said.

“I was thinking, ‘What the hell?'”

Johnston rushed backmost wrong the location and woke his woman up, and the brace were capable to get retired of the location safely.

“What we cognize is erstwhile we arrived the car and the carport were afloat involved, and the occurrence was making its mode into the operation done the extortion area,” White Rock Fire Rescue Deputy Chief Mike Passas said.

Passas said the location suffered fume and h2o damage, and determination was immoderate harm to a neighbouring spot and trailer.

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He said it’s excessively aboriginal to cognize if the occurrence was suspicious, but that it is believed to person started successful the carport.

Once the flames were out, occurrence crews were besides capable to get wrong the location and safely rescue Johnston’s orangish feline Casey, who was spooked but different unhurt.

“He’s been upset each day, I’ll archer you,” Johnston said.

Johnston and his woman volition beryllium staying with household for the clip being.