A structure fire is unfolding at an abandoned residential building at the intersection of East Hastings Street and Vernon Drive.
“So far, it has been maintained by trying to contain the fire from the outside. That’s too dangerous to go into an unoccupied building, but it does appear to be fully involved,” said Wes Abrams, Acting Assistant Chief with the Vancouver Fire Rescue Services, in an interview with 1130 NewsRadio.
The Vancouver Fire Rescue Services received the first calls shortly before 10 a.m. on Sunday.
“We are just in the process of trying to knock this fire down and get ahead of it before it spreads further,” he added.
1130 NewsRadio received multiple calls about the fire.
One caller to the station, named Sidney, says there are at least 4 fire trucks at the scene.
Reportedly, the building has collapsed now.
Road closures are in place around the location of the fire.
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More to come.
