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WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 2017 n ‘Ginger’ the cat snuggles into the arms of her/ his rescuing hero after a house goes up in flames on Roselea Crescent in south Richmond. Photo by Graeme Wood/Richmond News
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family is fortunate to have escaped a house fire on Roselea Crescent unharmed on Monday morning. Richmond Fire Rescue Deputy Chief of Operations Tim Wilkinson said the South Arm neighbourhood fire started in the garage and required 24 firefighters to extinguish. “Unfortunately, the fire moved through the walls and up into the ceiling space. That was quite stubborn and took a while to contain,” explained Wilkinson, who reported no injuries to residents or his crew. When the fire started, neighbour Rik-
kert Vos said he heard children screamappeared to be minor damage, although ing. Vos’ hair was left singed by the heat. One child said another child was in the He said the flames ended up towering garage so he broke the over his house and burned a window to investigate, shared hedge. only to find the child The fire happened around If the wind was standing on the back 11 a.m., said Vos. blowing in the other patio in shock. He suspects the fire started When everyone was in the garage and accelerdirection, my house moved to safety, Vos ated thanks to the flammable would have been watched the house go up materials in it. He said he gone, too. in flames. heard about five small explo“If the wind was blowing sions or popping noises. – Rikkert Vos in the other direction, my The man who was renting house would have been the destroyed home said he gone, too,” said Vos, who was too shaken to speak to with his wife Elaine is only the Richmond News. weeks away from closing on the sale of Vos and other neighbours said the their home and moving to Vancouver. renter and his family had just moved in The Vos’ house escaped with what this month.
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