Victoria firefighters have put out a small fire at Government House after some aging elevator equipment overheated. Batallion chief Brian Elvedahl says firefighters arrived Saturday night to find smoke on both the second and third floors. The first, known as Cary Castle, was built in 1859 and became Government House when British Columbia entered Confederation in 1871. The second, designed by architects Francis Rattenbury and Samuel Maclure, opened in 1903 and was destroyed in 1957. Construction on the existing Government House began later that year and closely matched the design of the previous building.

Source: CBC News December 31, 2018 00:33 UTC