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March 27, 1985 = News 985-2131

A BRAEMER Avenue family escaped unharmed when fire hit their and from the roof of the structure and were able to limit damage, buf,
home Saturday morning. Firemen tackled the fire from ground level as phate below shows, if was firing, dirty work.

= | NV family
|escapes fire

AN ALEK. neighbor Road when he noticed
helped to prevent injuries smoke coming from the
¥ in a house fire in the 200 direction of their property.
A block West Braemar Road Three family members
Saturday which desiroyed a managed to escape the
car and damaged a second = scene without injury.

vehicle.

The fire, reported at 8:33
a.m., is suspected to have
started as a result of faulty
electrical wiring in a panel
located in the atached
garage and greenhouse area
of the home.

Dr. Dave Gale of 212
West Braemar Road
alerted the Thompson fam.
ily at 225 West Braemur

By the time fire crews
reached the scene, the
garage was fully engulfed
in flames, with fire also
penetrating the attic and
roof areas of the home.
High winds helped to ac-
velerate the blaze.

Fire crews had the fire
under control by 9:05 a.m.
and extinguished by 9:25
am. The house received
smoke and water damage.

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NORTH AND West
Vancouver emergency
crews moved 4 step
closer to being
prepared for the real
thing when they carried
out an evacuation exer-
cise at Canyon Heights
Elementary School
Friday.

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POLICE ARE reicas-
ing few details of a
fatal accident which
claimed the fife of a
four-year-old) North
Vancouver boy Friday.

The accident: occurced: ti
the SOO block Premier Street
around 6:30 p.m. when the
boy was struck by a north.
bound vehicle, described by
police as a small import.

News reports have stated
the boy darted out in: front
of the caras it was travelling
down Premier Ste, but North
Vancouver ROMP hase net
confirmed that.

Vhe boy was taken to
Lions Gate Hospital where
he died of head injuries.

Dead is Kristoffer
Vankoughnert of  $-822
Premier St.