Gastown fire

Posts on social media show smoke billowing out of a building near the intersection of Abbott and Water streets and over the city skyline around 11 a.m..

Numerous people had to be pulled from the fire, according to tweets from Vancouver Fire Chief Karen Fry, and around 70 people were displaced, according to public safety minister Mike Farnworth. The Vancouver Police Department is asking drivers to avoid the area and Chief Fry has recommended that nearby residents close their windows to avoid “toxic smoke.” Multiple occupants have been rescued from a large-scale structure fire in Vancouver’s Gastown neighbourhood Monday (April 11) morning.

Police are advising drivers to avoid Vancouver's Gastown area due to a structural, three-alarm fire that is causing smoke to fill the sky.

Hotel Winters resident Nicole told V.I.A. that a dog and a cat on the third floor did not make it out of the building. Views from the studio look a bit different today. Other residents were rescued with smoke inhalation but the fire chief was unaware if they were taken to hospital. Nicole was able to get her own pets, a cat and a rat, safely out of the building. She lives on the third floor and opened her door after she smelled smoke; there were no alarms. "No reported firefighter injuries at this time and two people have been transported to hospital."

A major blaze has broken out in the oldest part of Vancouver. Video images show a great deal of smoke billowing into the air from a building in historic ...

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At least three people have been hurt after a serious fire in the Gastown area of Vancouver on Monday, according to Vancouver Fire Rescue Services.

The building is 150 years old, most likely, and it's a brick building so we're taking every precaution that we can to keep our firefighters safe. We don't know if there's anybody [left] in the building and we probably won't know that until we get the fire out," Fry said. "Me and a tenant almost got it out [but] the fire extinguisher went dry. Residents downtown have been told to close their windows. Others were treated for minor injuries at the scene. Vancouver Fire Chief Karen Fry said "upwards of a handful" of people who lived in the building were missing.

Several residents have been rescued from a building in Gastown, where a fire kept Vancouver crews busy on Monday morning.

“We were scared. “I am working from home. Kroeker had left without grabbing any belongings or putting on her shoes. There’s no gap in between these buildings, they are some of Vancouver’s oldest and wood-framed inside,” Fry told Postmedia at 3 p.m. “The contents and age of the building led to the fire spread.” Article content TransLink continued to re-route many of its buses in the area throughout the day, and drivers and pedestrians were advised to avoid the area. Upgrading a fire to a second, third or fourth alarm fire assigns additional resources such as equipment and more firefighters. Article content Article content Vancouver Fire Chief Karen Fry later confirmed “upwards of a handful” of residents remained unaccounted for, while two people had been taken to hospital for treatment. Article content Article content

"Several" people have been rescued from a building on fire in Vancouver's Gastown neighbourhood, according to the city's fire chief.

The 2022 federal budget was presented in Ottawa on April 7, and the nearly 300-page document included a host of small-ticket spends. An estimate of the damage caused by the fire is not yet available. The school said all events and classes at the Woodwards' building have been cancelled. Ontarians should continue to wear masks in all public indoor settings and the plan for the further removal of the mask mandate later this month is being 'actively reviewed' amid a sixth wave of COVID-19 Ontarians should continue to wear masks in all public indoor settings and the plan for the further removal of the mask mandate later this month is being 'actively reviewed' amid a sixth wave of COVID-19 Environment Canada is warning of a major storm coming to southern Manitoba this week that has the potential to be the worst blizzard in decades. A major spring blizzard with the potential to be the worst seen in decades is set to hit southeastern Saskatchewan and parts of southern Manitoba mid-week, according to Environment Canada. He said BC Housing has been notified, and estimated about 70 tenants will need to be relocated. They're also working with a partner organization to provide overnight shelter. Environment Canada is warning of a major storm coming to southern Manitoba this week that has the potential to be the worst blizzard in decades. (Jim Fong / CTV News Vancouver) Ontarians should continue to wear masks in all public indoor settings and the plan for the further removal of the mask mandate later this month is being 'actively reviewed' amid a sixth wave of COVID-19

"Several" people have been rescued from a building on fire in Vancouver's Gastown neighbourhood, according to the city's fire chief.

Due to hydroelectricity's smaller climate footprint, Hydro-Quebec is experiencing unprecedented industrial demand, CEO Sophie Brochu said in a Montreal speech. A woodpecker in Baie D'Urfe has become infamous for its attack on Canadian pride -- or its prodigious hunger, depending on how you look at it. The 2022 federal budget was presented in Ottawa on April 7, and the nearly 300-page document included a host of small-ticket spends. 4 hr ago (Jim Fong / CTV News Vancouver) (Carly Yoshida-Butryn / CTV News Vancouver) The school said all events and classes at the Woodwards' building have been cancelled. An estimate of the damage caused by the fire is not yet available. They're also working with a partner organization to provide overnight shelter. They were treated for smoke inhalation, she added. He said he believed most people got out on their own or were rescued, but there were still some animals inside. It is not yet known whether anyone was killed in the fire.

Police are advising drivers to avoid Vancouver's Gastown area due to three-alarm fire that is causing smoke to fill the sky on April 11, 2022.

Hotel Winters resident Nicole told V.I.A. that a dog and a cat on the third floor did not make it out of the building. Other residents were rescued with smoke inhalation but the fire chief was unaware if they were taken to hospital. Nicole was able to get her own pets, a cat and a rat, safely out of the building. "No reported firefighter injuries at this time and two people have been transported to hospital." She lives on the third floor and opened her door after she smelled smoke; there were no alarms. Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services (VFRS) Fire Chief Karen Fry told V.I.A. at the scene that she's been informed that there was a jumper from one of the building's top floors who has been transported to hospital with injuries.