Forty firefighters spent almost an hour Monday morning battling a blaze at a self-storage facility, in accordance with the Vancouver Fireplace Division.
Firefighters responded shortly after 9 a.m. to Extra Self Storage, 11000 N.E. Burton Street in east Vancouver. The company dispatched 16 items — about 40 firefighters together with command workers — with the primary items on scene discovering one of many buildings on hearth with heavy smoke billowing from a number of of the storage items.
Firefighters pressured the doorways open on a number of lockers, eliminated objects from the items when wanted and aggressively attacked the fireplace.
“It took nearly fifty minutes to bring the fire under control while crews made efforts to save and preserve the personal items in the affected units,” in accordance with the fireplace division.
One lane of westbound Burton Street was closed for firefighting efforts.
There have been no reviews of accidents, however a number of items have been broken and a number of the objects within the lockers have been destroyed.
Clark Public Utilities and Vancouver police additionally responded.
The Vancouver hearth marshal is investigating.
