Halloween was nearly three times as busy for fire crews, who responded to around 400 fire-related calls in the city within a 24-hour timespan on Oct. 31.
Assistant chief Dave Wallack explained a typical volume for fire crews is 100 calls per day.
“It was three times as busy for us,” Wallack explained to Vancouver Is Awesome in a phone interview.
Out of the approximately 400 calls for service, the assistant chief said 40 were confirmed fires.
Crews put out blazes everywhere, including in laneways and inside a motorhome.
This Halloween, Wallack said fires caused a combined total of $450,000 in damage.
Many of them were thought to have been the result of residents celebrating the last legal night of fireworks in the City of Vancouver.
On Sunday, Nov. 1 the selling and possession of fireworks was made illegal.
