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Courtenay firefighters attended a fire that broke out Tuesday afternoon at Excel Automotive S&R Repairs on Cousins Avenue.
Blaze at automotive repair shop Scott Stanfield Record Staff
Courtenay firefighters battled a blaze that broke out shortly before 4 p.m. Tuesday at Excel Automotive S&R Repairs on Cousins Avenue in Tin Town. “Upon arrival, the back end of the shop was fully involved,” deputy fire chief Kurt MacDonald said. Crews extinguished the fire in about 2 1/2 hours. There were no
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injuries. “Everybody was out on arrival,” MacDonald said. “We were very happy with that.” The fire — which is under investigation — likely started as a “process of repairing a vehicle,” he added. Firefighters returned in the evening to deal with a pile of debris underneath a vehicle inside the garage. MacDonald credits the Cousins Road community for setting
up a perimeter before police arrived. “They were very, very helpful. Can’t say enough about them,” he said, crediting the ambulance service, RCMP and BC Hydro as well. “Hydro disconnected the power within half an hour of the incident. The RCMP set up an excellent perimeter. All the agencies that responded were super helpful.”
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with special needs and their families. For the past 15 years, the event — which will be broadcast live on Shaw and the CVCDA website — has been held at the Old Church Theatre, but last year moved back to its previous home at the Sid Williams. It raised more than $77,000 last year. For more information about the CVCDA, visit www.cvcda.ca or the CVCDA Facebook page.
Record Staff They’ve helped upwards of 800 children, youth and families, and now the Comox Valley Child Development Association is getting ready for their annual telethon with the goal of helping even more. The 39th annual CVCDA is happening this Sunday from noon to 8 p.m. at the Sid Williams Theatre, and features a variety of local entertainers. Proceeds support local children
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