cause of

A FIRE ripped through a ~

' third-floor apartment’ on
Kenney St. Nov. 27, causing .
a, man and a woman to flee
for. their lives out a sliding
‘door and onto a second-floor

A2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 7, 2005 .

Investigators keep probing

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_. . Terrace firefighters found
the entire third floor apart-
ment.” blazing’ when they
‘arrived at the Manor Villa
- Apartments on 2801 Kenney
St. at 11 p.m. that day.
_ Flames damaged the third ©
= floor, destroyed the roof, and
the first. and second floors’.
received water damage, said
Terrace fire chief Peter Wee-
_ ber,’ adding that fire, crews

worked on the blaze until 5 . .f

am. Nov.28.0 000 0”
‘©, Thornhill fire fighters as-

sisted, using a ladder truck.»

Twenty” ,residents lost
‘their homes as a result of the
fire. Lieutenant Dean Prins
- *. ° suffered’ a minor shoulder
. injury while attempting to—
gain access to an apartment.
~~, ~~. Luckily no residents were
.. », hurt but if the 24-unit build--
 , ‘ing had been fully occupied,
' ...it?s “guaranteed ‘that there ~
‘would’ve been loss of life,
- Weeber said. ©. o
“You see it in the city all

“the: time. The: hotel fire’ in. ~

| - Richmond, they lost’a per-
~ son from fire just in.the lob-
‘by area there,” he said. _

- . From front wrk
_ system —

.. ... effect; he says. He says the -
. _ , ability for people. to make
“=eomments is good because
‘while ‘most people think the ©
"building inspector makes the
’ code, “we're just watching a —
-document.”, 2. ©

Ye building owners in-
Miller: . |

‘stalled sprinklers
“would: be pleased, but he _
says nobody voluntarily puts
. them in buildings if they’re »

‘not required because they
cost a lot of money and are.

~ Stricture has been built."

' The fire department can’. f

order a building owner to
retrofit a structure if it was
- built early in-the last cen-
tury, is perceived to be a fire
' trap or if the building is. un-...
_ dergoing changes related to
> occupancy,
For example, if a build-
ing was to have retail space
or offices: added under its
_ apartments, the building in-

spector or department could -
then. say it’s reasonable to: .

add. sprinklers because : of

tenants to the retail space
below. - :

AS for how ‘many other

apartment buildings in the~
city are without sprinklers
_ like the Manor Villa, Miller
says: all the ones that look
similar were probably built
_ around the same. time and
~ «May not have sprinklers. .
Miller warns the public to ~
be careful with fires in wood
-stoves and thawing pipes
with open flames,
By using a propane torch
to thaw frozen pipes, the
user could cause flames to
. ignite inside-a wall and set a
- house on fire, he says.

Omission _
~ A NOV. 27 story about.

changes implemented by the
city to streamline the special

‘occasion liquor licence ap-
. ‘plication process omitted a
step. .

People wishing to apply
for special occasion liquor
licences must still first ob-
tain a permit from the Li-
quor Control and Licensing
Board before applying for |
approval from the city.” ‘

Only 19 days

until her stocking is rocking
with something brilliant
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the increased exposure: of .

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) anor Villa apartment building on
the corner of Agar and Kenney on the southside following a late night Nov. 27 fire. .

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‘The fire started on the building's third floor. There were no injuries.

wo

If someone had been liv-

"ing in the apartment beside
-the one where the fire start--
ed, and hadn’t-heard the fire -
‘alarm’ and’ exited immedi-:-
‘ately, that person would’ve

been overcome by the fire
and smoke, he said. « .. -

has seen in the last decade,
Weeber believes. .

“That’s why it’s so im
portant to have everything
working,” he said.

Smoke detectors in the.”
and. hallways |,

apartments 1k
were working and the fire

alarm was still ringing when’

firefighters

left, Weeber
said. *

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This blaze is one of the
“more serious fires the city

‘Emergency social servic- _
es worker Sandy. Miller put
‘up the residents at the Bear '
Country Inn, the ‘ambulance —

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_) FOR 36 MO. ...475.sec pep, =, *

for’ the entire. night, Terrace

', RCMP cordoned off the area -
“and. put security on every ,

corner, and Captain Dave
Moulton of the Salvation
Army showed up with hot
coffee and food. ©. =

. “We knew we’d be there
all night long. He showed up
with a huge cube van with
coffee, food and sandwiches
and:fed not just us but every-

“ body, even people standing

there’ watching,” he said.
‘Despite rumours that a

meth lab or grow-op.caused >

the fire, Weeber said. fire-
fighters didn’t find any evi-

dence of either at the scene.”

Terrace RCMP, the fire

department. and two mem-
bers of CGI Insurance inves-
» tigated and by the end of last
- week had: determined that
the blaze was not a result of

arson.

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! Weéeber said the fire ap-
pears to have started in a

garage can at the front en- *
trance of a third-floor apart-.

ment and spread through the

apartment and up into the

roof. .

He
whether a cigarette started
the ‘fire, but. did say there
were a number of cigarette

packs and old lighters in the

garbage can.

RCMP. talked to the

,apartment’s two occupants _
to gather more information’

for their investigation.
Weeber - believes — the

building will-require “a full’
overhaul” and major renova- —
tions before anyone can live —

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- The cost of damage was

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