"Charred hulks and melted

tires were all that remained —

of several vehicles belonging
to tenants of an apartment
building in North Van-
couver, after a. fire in. an
underground garage early
Saturday morning.

A spokesman for the
North Van City fire
department said fire fighters
were called to 1520
Chesterfield at 5:10 a.m.
‘where were greeted by thick
smoke filling the garage.

Smoke was"so thick, the
spokesman said, firefighters
had to crawl on their
stomachs and use air masks
‘to reach the fire.

“The garage has ap-
parently only got one en-
trance,” the spokesman said,
“and firemen had to take 150

feet of hose to the far end of

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the building.”

- The fire had started in a

storage area, he said, and
spread to cars parked én the

lot. It took City firemen

about 15 minutes to get the
fire under control he said.

The locker storage area
where the fire apparently
began was destroyed, along
with the contents of the

lockers. In addition, five or.

six cars were gutted, and
another 10 or so suffered
varying degrees of damage.

An apartment above the

garage suffered smoke
damage, the
said, and a couple of other
apartments also suffered

minor smoke damage.

The majority of damage

was caused by fire itself -

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BLACKENED RUINS WERE all that remained of
several parked cars after a-conflagration in. an un-
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Saturday morning was so hot tires on several cars.
melted completely. (Terry Peters photo)

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the blaze, was melted down.

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