VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – At least one person was hurt after a fire on Commercial Drive last night.

It happened in what appears to be the second storey of an apartment building.

Gloria phoned our newsroom when she saw smoke filling the area just south of Venables.

“The firemen were inside with axes and their masks and full gear,” she explains. “I saw smoke on the exterior of the building. All the live fire hoses and the ladder up against the wall. Lots of crews there — at least 3 fire trucks and firemen all over the place.

Commercial Drive was closed for several hours as crews tackled the blaze.