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Fireighters and neighbours watch as a Storries Beach workshop is engulfed in flames Tuesday evening. Fireighters and neighbours watch as a Storries Beach workshop is engulfed in flames Tuesday evening.
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Fire destroys workshop in Stories Beach area area
No one was injured, but a workNo one wasStories injured, but area a workshop in the Beach was shop in the destroyed Stories Beach areaTueswas completely by fire completely day evening.destroyed by fire TuesdayAtevening. 5:45 p.m. on Oct. 7, crews At 5:45 on Oct. crews from both p.m. Campbell River7,fire stafrom both Campbell River fire tions were dispatched to respondstato tions were dispatched to respond a reported fire in a workshop ontoa a reported fire in a workshop on a
large property in the 3900 block of large in the 3900 block of Southproperty Island Highway, according South Island Highway,River according to a City of Campbell press to a City of Campbell River press release. release. “On arrival, crews confirmed “On was arrival, crewssmoke confirmed there a heavy issuthere was a heavy smoke ing from the roof area of aissu30ing from thetwo-floor roof areastructure. of a 30by 40-foot, by 40-foot, two-floor structure.
Shortly after fire suppression operaShortly after fire suppression operations commenced, a large portion tions largethe portion of thecommenced, upper floor aand roof of the upper andstructural the roof collapsed. Thefloor partial collapsed. The partial collapse combined with structural the mulcollapse combined the multiple on-site hazardswith significantly tiple on-site hazards significantly increased the risk to the firefightincreased the riskFire to the firefighters, ” says Deputy Chief Chris ers,” says Deputy Fire Chief Chris
Vrabel. “An excavator, provided by “An excavator, provided by aVrabel. local contractor, was called in to a local contractor, was called in to assist with the operation by pulling assist the withremaining the operation by pulling down portion of the down the remaining portiondebris of the roof structure and removing roof structure and removing debris from the initial collapse, which from the initial collapse, which assisted firefighters in completely assisted firefighters in” completely extinguishing the blaze. extinguishing the blaze.”
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