Fire destroys East Vancouver print shop
Posted April 26, 2018 6:17 am.
Last Updated April 26, 2018 9:01 am.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – Crews with Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services are expected to be on the scene of a three alarm blaze for most of the morning.
The flames began ripping through Metropolitan Fine Printers on East Pender Street near Clark Drive around 10:30 p.m. yesterday.
At about 10:39pm at its peak… Fire department is doing a fantastic job containing the fire… pic.twitter.com/RCYCKJTESf
— Jen Chu (@jen_chu7) April 26, 2018
Assistant Fire Chief Kevin Wilson says the building has been heavily damaged, but there were no injuries.
“Crews came in [and there was] very, very heavy smoke inside the building and no one was inside at the time.”
BREAKING: Large fire in East #Vancouver at what looks like a print shop. Here is the view from the @CityNewsVAN tower camera. @NEWS1130 @BT_Vancouver pic.twitter.com/31bY2F2lfk
— Chad Harris (@ChadHarrisBC) April 26, 2018
“Once we arrived on scene, there was no sign of flame, but the building was completely full of thick, heavy brown smoke, which means deep-seeded fire,” adds Wilson.
He says it looks like the fire began inside the building, adding crews are still keeping an eye on some potentially dangerous materials inside the structure.
“It’s all the plastics that burned up, then we have the thinners and all the paints, and all of the other chemical associated with cleaning and thinning paints and things like that.”
Crews have spent much of this morning putting out hot spots.
Excavator has gained access to partially collapsed structure. Hot spots will be extinguished as they’re exposed. #vanworkingfire #vfrs pic.twitter.com/vkiahbUISx
— Vancouver Fire (@VanFireRescue) April 26, 2018
Investigators aren’t sure yet how the fire started.
