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Overnight Fire Destroys Several Units In Pitt Meadows Co-Op Complex

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 07 Sep, 2015 12:57 PM
    VANCOUVER — Several homes have been destroyed by a fire at a co-op complex in Pitt Meadows, B.C.
     
    Fire crews were called to the townhouse complex on 119th Avenue around 7 p.m. yesterday.
     
    Five units have been completely destroyed.
     
    Fire Chief Don Jolley says crews are now trying to determine how the blaze began.
     
    He says there are "a great many rumours" about what sparked the fire.
     
    Displaced families are being helped by the city's emergency social services team. (News 1130)

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