House fire

Port Alberni firefighters work on knocking down a house fire on Bishop Crescent the morning of Sunday, Sept.10, 2023. (JERRY FEVENS PHOTO)

House burns on Bishop Crescent in Port Alberni

Port Alberni Fire Department crews were called out to a structure fire…

 

The McDougall Creek wildfire ripped through the Bear Creek area of West Kelowna. There is very little left for residents to salvage. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)

VIDEO: ‘Nothing left’: West Kelowna resident reveals shocking wildfire damage

The Bear Creek Road resident escorts Black Press onto fire damaged property

  • Aug 30, 2023

 

Courtenay fire attends a home on Arrowsmith Avenue in the morning of Aug 2. (Connor McDowell/Comox Valley Record)

Fire burns a Courtenay home, sending family out early Wednesday

The blaze came after a strange sound in the bathroom, says homeowner

 

Nanaimo Fire Rescue fire and loss prevention investigators go through the charred interior of a home in north Nanaimo following an early morning fire Tuesday, July 25. Three people and a pet escaped unharmed. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Three people and pet escape burning home in Nanaimo’s north end

Nanaimo Fire Rescue credits working smoke alarms with saving lives

Nanaimo Fire Rescue fire and loss prevention investigators go through the charred interior of a home in north Nanaimo following an early morning fire Tuesday, July 25. Three people and a pet escaped unharmed. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
A firefighter with Port Alberni Fire Dept. shines a light from the aerial ladder onto the roof of the Wintergreen Apartment building on Fourth Avenue after one of the upper units caught fire late Thursday, May 18, 2023. (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)

One dead after fire in small Port Alberni low-income apartment building

Trailers in adjacent lot also evacuated; unknown number of people displaced

A firefighter with Port Alberni Fire Dept. shines a light from the aerial ladder onto the roof of the Wintergreen Apartment building on Fourth Avenue after one of the upper units caught fire late Thursday, May 18, 2023. (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)
A fire in the bottom floor of a two-storey home on First Avenue in Port Alberni got into the roof and caused heavy damage, Tuesday, April 25, 2023. (ELENA RARDON/ Alberni Valley News)

House fire in central Vancouver Island sends two to hospital

Port Alberni Fire Dept. answers call to two structure fires in one night

A fire in the bottom floor of a two-storey home on First Avenue in Port Alberni got into the roof and caused heavy damage, Tuesday, April 25, 2023. (ELENA RARDON/ Alberni Valley News)
Firefighters battle blaze that fully engulfed house south of Nanaimo. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Firefighters arrive to find house fully ablaze south of Nanaimo

Volunteer firefighters from Extension and North Oyster called to fire on Scannel Road

Firefighters battle blaze that fully engulfed house south of Nanaimo. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
Firefighters were called at around 5:15 a.m. Wednesday (April 5) about a house ablaze on Triest Crescent in the Gordon Head area. (Submitted by Helmar Prael)

VIDEO: Saanich firefighters investigating as Gordon Head house burns up

Investigation is ongoing into what caused the Wednesday morning blaze

Firefighters were called at around 5:15 a.m. Wednesday (April 5) about a house ablaze on Triest Crescent in the Gordon Head area. (Submitted by Helmar Prael)
A fire nearly destroyed a house on Ruskin Road in Honeymoon Bay in the early morning house of March 14. (Screen shot)

No one injured after fire rips through Honeymoon Bay home

Cowichan Lake area home empty at the time, blaze under investigation

A fire nearly destroyed a house on Ruskin Road in Honeymoon Bay in the early morning house of March 14. (Screen shot)
Former North Vancouver councillor Bob Fearnley and his daughter Gayle were killed in a house fire Feb. 9, 2022. From left to right: Bob, Paolo, Gayle, Via and Bob Fearnley Sr. (Submitted photo)

Former North Vancouver councillor, daughter killed in house fire

Bob Fearnley remembered as doting family man and pillar of community

  • Feb 16, 2023
Former North Vancouver councillor Bob Fearnley and his daughter Gayle were killed in a house fire Feb. 9, 2022. From left to right: Bob, Paolo, Gayle, Via and Bob Fearnley Sr. (Submitted photo)
Firefighters and RCMP officers are seen outside a house where two people died in an early morning fire, in North Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. Flags in the City of North Vancouver are at half-mast to mark a former councillor’s death in the house fire. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

North Vancouver mayor says former councillor and his daughter killed in house fire

Several other family members were able to escape fatal early-morning blaze

Firefighters and RCMP officers are seen outside a house where two people died in an early morning fire, in North Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. Flags in the City of North Vancouver are at half-mast to mark a former councillor’s death in the house fire. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police “E” Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. Two people have died in a house fire in North Vancouver. A statement from North Vancouver RCMP says the blaze engulfed the single family home at about 3 a.m. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

RCMP say man and woman killed as fire sweeps through North Vancouver home

Blaze engulfed the single-family home at about 3 a.m. Thursday

The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police “E” Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. Two people have died in a house fire in North Vancouver. A statement from North Vancouver RCMP says the blaze engulfed the single family home at about 3 a.m. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
The house on fire was near Pemberton Park in Victoria. (Courtesy of Ray Bernoties)

No injuries in house fire near Pemberton Park

Emergency services arrived on the scene, quickly putting out the fire

The house on fire was near Pemberton Park in Victoria. (Courtesy of Ray Bernoties)
A fire at an abandoned house on Cowichan Tribes reserve lands over the weekend destroyed the building. (Ian MacDonald photo)

Abandoned Duncan area house destroyed in fire

No one injured in blaze

A fire at an abandoned house on Cowichan Tribes reserve lands over the weekend destroyed the building. (Ian MacDonald photo)
Smoke pours out of the eaves of an abandoned house on Ypres Street as the Duncan fire department worked to deal with the fire. (Robert Barron/Citizen)

Duncan fire department quickly deals with house fire

Fire bought under control in an hour, now under investigation

Smoke pours out of the eaves of an abandoned house on Ypres Street as the Duncan fire department worked to deal with the fire. (Robert Barron/Citizen)
Fire investigators are sifting through the remains of a house that burned down in north Nanaimo early Monday, July 11. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

House burns up on Nanaimo’s Metral Drive

Investigators now working to determine cause of blaze

Fire investigators are sifting through the remains of a house that burned down in north Nanaimo early Monday, July 11. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
Police tape is shown in Toronto Tuesday, May 2, 2107. Three children and two adults have died after an early-morning fire at a home in Brampton, Ont. Peel Regional Police say the house fire at Conestoga Drive and Sutter Avenue broke out around 2 a.m. today. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy

‘Absolutely tragic’: 3 children, 2 adults dead after Brampton, Ont., house fire

Third adult sent to a trauma centre, where they are in critical condition.

Police tape is shown in Toronto Tuesday, May 2, 2107. Three children and two adults have died after an early-morning fire at a home in Brampton, Ont. Peel Regional Police say the house fire at Conestoga Drive and Sutter Avenue broke out around 2 a.m. today. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
Crews responded to a fire in an Esquimalt townhouse on Craigflower Road on Thursday (March 24). (Justin Samanski-Langille/ News Staff)

Two people displaced after Esquimalt townhome fire

Nobody was injured, two people were inside when fire broke out

Crews responded to a fire in an Esquimalt townhouse on Craigflower Road on Thursday (March 24). (Justin Samanski-Langille/ News Staff)
There was a second fire at a vacant house in WIlloughby Monday night, March 21. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Tines)

VIDEO: B.C. house catches fire twice in one day

Cause of blaze at vacant two-storey Langley structure under investigation

There was a second fire at a vacant house in WIlloughby Monday night, March 21. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Tines)
Kristyn Moore, 35, and her partner Jonathan Lafleur, 40, along with their service dog Duke, walked away from the fire with just their cell phones. (Submitted by Kristyn Moore)

Help sought for Cowichan couple who lost everything in house fire

GoFundMe page started for Kristyn Moore and Jonathan Lafleur

Kristyn Moore, 35, and her partner Jonathan Lafleur, 40, along with their service dog Duke, walked away from the fire with just their cell phones. (Submitted by Kristyn Moore)