One dead in series of encampment fires over holiday weekend
Global News
The fatal blaze was the third reported fire at a tent encampment in Metro Vancouver over an approximately 24-hour period.
In a somewhat secluded and dark location under the Vancouver Convention Centre, a pot on a makeshift stove, a can of Stagg chili and a lone toothbrush are among the charred remains of a tent fire which claimed a man’s life on Christmas Day.
Firefighters say they responded to an area near Waterfront Road and Canada Place shortly after 9:00 a.m., for a report of a person on fire.
“There was a patient lying on the roadway who was still smoking and still on fire,” said Asst. Chief Keith Stewart with Vancouver Fire Rescue Services. “We used an extinguisher to extinguish that patient and tragically the patient succumbed to his injuries.”
Stewart said the Dec. 25 fire was an accidental tragedy, sparked by cooking materials.
The fatal blaze was the third reported fire at a tent encampment in Metro Vancouver over an approximately 24-hour period.
On the afternoon of Christmas Eve, a motorhome erupted in flames at a tent encampment off Grandview Highway just east of Boundary Road on the Burnaby-Vancouver border – in a large fire fueled by multiple propane tanks.
A tent also caught fire on the morning of Dec. 24 at a small encampment near Marine Drive and Knight Street in South Vancouver.
Fortunately, no injuries were reported in either of those fires.
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