Nobody was injured within the blaze that broke out early Saturday in a unit at Sereenas Housing for Ladies on Dunlevy Avenue.
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Greater than 50 residents of a single-room occupancy constructing in Vancouver have been displaced after a fireplace broke out in one of many suites Saturday.
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It’s the newest in a collection of blazes which have destroyed SROs, leaving a whole bunch of individuals scrambling to search out shelter in a metropolis with a housing and affordability disaster.
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Firefighters have been referred to as out round 8 a.m. to the hearth at 143 Dunlevy Avenue, which is the place Sereenas Housing for Ladies is situated. Sereenas Home is run by Atira Ladies’s Useful resource Society.
Brian Bertuzzi, assistant chief of operations for Vancouver Hearth and Rescue, stated one unit on the second flooring was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived. It unfold to the third flooring and broken 4 models, he stated.
The constructing was safely evacuated, and there have been no accidents to occupants or firefighters. Nonetheless, he stated the displaced residents received’t have the ability to return residence for a while.
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The constructing didn’t collapse and could be repaired however that can take time, he stated. Bertuzzi stated metropolis officers and Atira employees have been discussing Saturday the place to deal with the displaced residents.
A explanation for the hearth has but to be decided. It’s certainly one of a number of such fires at SROs and rooming homes this 12 months in Vancouver.
Earlier this month, a fireplace at Keefer Rooms displaced 39 tenants. The fireplace initially broke out within the kitchen of the Acquire Wah restaurant, a neighbourhood fixture situated on the bottom flooring since 1981. The grease hearth raced up the vent pipe to the roof the place the extractor unit caught hearth and exploded.
In August, a fireplace within the Downtown Eastside triggered injury to two separate SROs, placing 42 residents in a single and 17 within the different out of their houses. In that fireside, on Powell Avenue, there was an explosion round 4 a.m., which sparked the hearth between the 2 buildings, blew out home windows and unfold inside, inflicting important hearth and water injury. One individual was taken to hospital struggling smoke inhalation.
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Different latest fires within the Downtown Eastside embrace an e-bike battery explosion within the Resort Empress close to Major and Hastings in early June that left one man lifeless.
A blaze within the century-old Winters Resort in Gastown in April killed two, whereas greater than 70 residents displaced by that fireside have been moved right into a close by refurbished lodge.
A fireplace in early July that destroyed the Vancouver Avenue Church constructing almost took out the SRO subsequent door, however crews have been in a position to comprise it earlier than it unfold to the seven-storey Maple Resort.
Meantime, the particles from a fireplace that destroyed a well-liked Worth Village retailer on East Hastings in June has but to be cleaned up.
A spokesperson for town of Vancouver stated Friday that the reason being as a result of the property proprietor is engaged on finalizing their allow utility.
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As soon as the appliance is accredited the proprietor can begin work on clearing and cleansing up the positioning, in response to metropolis employees.
“Following a fireplace at a constructing of this age the whole particles pile is taken into account to be hazardous supplies, nonetheless following a metropolis inspection we’re assured there are not any present security issues for the general public,” stated an emailed assertion from town.
—with recordsdata from Joseph Ruttle
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