Downtown Vancouver fire: Several people rescued, at least 2 taken to hospital
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"Several" people were rescued when a mixed-use building went up in flames in Vancouver's Gastown neighbourhood Monday morning.
"Several" people were rescued when a mixed-use building went up in flames in Vancouver's Gastown neighbourhood Monday morning.
Officials said the fire broke out at the building shortly before 11 a.m. Monday.
Fire Chief Karen Fry posted a video of the firefighting efforts on Abbott Street, saying "several occupants rescued." She and other officials have not said how many people were rescued, or provided further details.
The building on fire has businesses on the ground floor and residences on the upper levels, and it appears the fire started on one of the residential floors.
Fry's video showed smoke pouring from a four-storey brick building near Water Street as firefighters aimed a spray of water at the upper floor.
Shortly after noon, the chief wrote that "13 firefighting apparatus" were at the scene of the three-alarm fire, and that someone who lived on the second floor had been rescued.
As of 12:45 p.m. two patients had been taken to hospital, according to B.C. Emergency Health Services.
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