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Fire rips through RV park Pamela Roth and Kendra Wong Victoria News
Lorraine Goulden’s eyes filled with tears as she stood outside in the middle of the night, watching flames consume her friend’s motorhome in the West Bay Marine Village in Esquimalt. The senior was on her computer around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday when she noticed flames at least 20 feet high coming from the motorhome across the street, followed by a series of explosions. “I thought we were being shot at,” said Goulden. “Everything was blowing up.”
Goulden woke her husband and rushed outside where she found a small crowd of onlookers watching the flames burn the motorhome and scorch the walls of neighbouring RVs. Firefighters arrived in the tightly-packed RV park around 2 a.m. to find the motorhome fully engulfed in flames. A large 36-foot fifth wheel trailer was also partially on fire. It took crews about 30 minutes to get the blaze under control. PlEASE SEE: Saskatoon couple, Page A3
INVESTIGATIVE SERIES: Treatment actions
not being made in a vacuum Anyone involved in past or present efforts to create a sewage treatment system for the Capital Regional District’s core can attest that much work has been done and plenty of money spent on the issue. And as we appear to draw closer to a solution, it’s reflective to note that others are watching us closely, especially our neighbours to the south. In today’s fifth and final instalment of Sewage in the CRD, we take a look at Washington State’s continued frustration over the regional district’s release of untreated sewage into Juan de Fuca Strait, and talk to a former B.C. premier who was in the middle of the discussions in the
1990s. Many residents, as we’ve read and heard in the emails and phone calls received since our series began March 18, still question the need to treat and say optics, not science, are driving this movement to get it done. But as Victoria’s tourism boss points out, those impressions have very real consequences. As we wrap up this stage of our coverage of the issue, we also look at how a property on Rock Bay in Victoria, once touted as the central site for a regional treatment system, fell off the table and all but disappeared from sewage committee members’ minds.
We’ll continue to arm readers with valuable information to help you be an important part of ongoing discussions in your communities. See pages A12 and A13
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