Vancouver fire crews responded to four different fires, starting at 8:30 p.m. Friday and lasting through to Saturday morning, that left one person dead and a firefighter injured. Around 8:30 Friday night, fire crews rescued an injured person from a burning building in the 2300 block of West 1st Avenue in Kitsilano, but the person later died in hospital, according to Capt. The firefighter is being treated in hospital for injuries sustained in the fall. Early Saturday morning, another fire broke out in a senior care facility in the 500 block of Carrall Street in downtown Vancouver. Finally, at 2 a.m. Saturday, crews were called to a mattress fire in a suite in the 200 block of East Hastings.

Source: CBC News February 13, 2021 20:03 UTC