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Blaze burns metal fabricating shed

Bob Mackin

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A fire heavily damaged a metal fabricating facility
east of the Second Narrows Bridge Wednesday
afternoon.

North Vancouver distnet tie crews arrived on scene at 2 pons to battle the
blaze, which produced a huge plutic of sateke that ves visible tor many kale
metres. “The fire started: in one of two cortugated metal tie on Raulway
Drive. A man working inside detected the fire and called 9 1 1. Assiscaut tire
chief Malcoim Dickie said che man was bot myured.

He said firelighters focused ont diesel-powered generator and a 4600
lire diese! tank between the we sheds.

“The concern that] had was the diesel tank's exposure to the envireninent
with the inlet being right there,“ Dickie said. “Diesel fuel from the ruprured
tank, some of it was going into the inlet and [ called the Vancouver Port
Corporation to cone with their boont system to protect the environment.”

Crews allowed miteh of the diesel to burn before smothering. the fire with
foam. Crews remained an scene until 8 pan. Tavestigators returned Thursday
morning to determine the fire’s cause. Dickie said the fire was not suspicions,

ear killings concern
Seymour residents

Martin Millerchip

News Reporter martin@nsnews.com
DOES a bear eat in the woods?

Yes, bur increasing nunthers of black bear sightings in the mour area
ygest One or nore bears are also feeding in populated neighbourhoods

b little fear of humans.
On Wednesday night North Vancouver District council voted unani-

mously to ask the area’s provincial conservation officer co appear before
council to update it on the current bear situation and explain government

pidn'y an the relocation or killing of bears.
P
Coun. Trevor Carolan, who introduced the motion, told council thai

interesting development is the neighbourhocds are protecting the bears. ‘The
conservation officers have almost become baddies.”

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NORTH Vancouver district firefignters battled to control a Wednesday afternoon fire in a metal fabri-
cation shed on Railway Drive. No one was injured. The fire’s cause was being investigated Thursday.

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