'We're all really scared': Holyrood fire is 3rd new build to burn down over past week
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Firefighters were called to another fire at a home under construction early Thursday morning – the third in the past seven days.
Firefighters were called to another fire at a home under construction early Thursday morning – the third in the past seven days.
The blaze at a six-suite housing project on 92 Avenue and 81 Street was reported just after midnight.
Neighbours said they were awoken by the flames, with one reporting a loud boom.
"When I heard it, I was just about to go to bed," one neighbour named Pete said.
"I thought it was a noise in a build that was happening near us, thought somebody was stealing material … as I was running out the front door, I spotted the fire down the block."
Pete said he ran to the house next door to the fire to alert the people inside.
"Pounded on the door. Nobody came up, so then I slipped over here to the window and pounded on the window," he said.
Vancouver was ordered to build 1,405 affordable rentals over the past year. Only 313 were completed.
Vancouver fell short of meeting the province's housing targets for the last year, mostly due to a failure to meet the goal for affordable rentals, according to a report coming to city council.