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Torch sparks two blazes Tyler OLSEN
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Two fires as many hours apart on Monday at the same mixed-use building had the same cause, according to Fire Chief Larry Watkinson. A hedge caught fire just before 1 p.m. Monday in front of a building off of First Avenue and Lougheed Highway. It sent smoke billowing out over downtown, but the flames were snuffed out by two men with fire extinguishers before firefighters arrived on scene. Less than two hours later, firefighters returned to the scene to quell another fire that had taken hold in a wall of the structure. Smoke emanated from the building’s roof, but the blaze was doused before it could spread to the rest of the structure. Watkinson said both fires were caused by a building caretaker who was burning away weeds with a propane-fueled torch, sometimes called a “tiger torch.” Watkinson said the instances demonstrated that such tools pose a risk of sparking accidental fires. “It’s not a good idea to use a tiger torch on your building at all,” he said.
A man wields a fire extinguisher against a hedge fire caused by a propane torch. The blaze was one of two caused by the torch on TYLER OLSEN PHOTO Monday at the First Avenue mixed-use building. The second was extinguished by Mission Fire/Rescue Service crews.
Tilbury won’t run in fall election Councillor fires parting shots at CRMG slate Tyler OLSEN ABBOTSFORD NEWS
Mission Coun. Nelson Tilbury has announced that he won’t run in the municipal election this fall, citing family and work commitments as key reasons. And as he prepares to leave politics, he is firing back at his fellow
councillors on the Citizens for Responsible Municipal Government (CRMG) political team. Tilbury was elected for the first time in 2011 under the CRMG slate that dominated the polls. Less than a year later, Tilbury left the CRMG, saying he wanted to feel comfortable expressing
opposing views. Earlier this year, councillors Tony Luck, Jeff Jewell and Jenny Stephens followed Tilbury’s lead and resigned from the CRMG slate, following a potential conflict of interest controversy involving another councillor and a lease in a downtown build-
ing that ultimately divided the council as it voted on whether to refer the matter to B.C. Supreme Court. Council later received a legal opinion that found that such an application would likely fail because there was no “clear and obvious” case. In February, the ex-CRMG
councillors passed a motion expressing a “lack of confidence” in Mayor Ted Adlem. In April, The Record reported that nine senior managers had left the district over the previous two and a half years, and as
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