Vancouver firefighters responded to two residential fires within the last 12 hours.
The first fire broke out in the evening at a detached home and a second started in the early morning at a high-rise building, says Vancouver Fire Rescue Services (VFRS) Public Information Officer Matthew Trudeau.
Firefighters got a call at 7 p.m. Monday night (July 31) for a fire within the 1300 blockof East 12th Avenue.
Crews of 14 firetrucks arrived to heavy smoke coming out of a two-and-a-half-storey home. Everyone had evacuated the building at the time and no injuries were reported.
Two-alarm balcony fire in West End
Crews were called to a two-alarm fire at 12:51 a.m. Tuesday morning on the balcony of an apartment on the 18th floor of a building on the 1800 block of Comox Street.
The flames didn't spread inside the apartment but two units were damaged.
No injuries were reported.
