Propane torch believed urce of rooftop fire * From page 1 "pressure, the hose began whipping around, Stegavig said. :-There were then a couple of explosions, which Stegavig «said were two propane tanks blowing up. “Exactly what the sequence of events: were is pretty hard to tell” a Stegavig said. '.. Blizabeth Richards, a veterinarian at the North Shore Veterinary Clinic, ~ located about six. metres (20 feet) “from the blaze, said she heard a huge explosion that swung open the doors of the clinic, Richards raced outside to see the -toof. of the neighboring building in. flames. . “As. soon as. the explosion occurred the roof. was engulfed’ in flames,” ‘she: said. “It was pretty amazing.” She feared the blast she heard was a gas explosion. °- ; Je “T-assumed ‘our building would probably be next,” Richards said. ot)" She: removed two dogs and cats i from the clinic.: cst Nobody’ was hurt in the blaze. ‘The roofers were at lunch when the fire started. They hud left a fire watch but he left the scene wien he thought’ everything was. OK, said Stegavig. No charges. will be Jaid, because: the: fire. was “more ‘accidental than anything else,” said Stegavig. ; Meanwhile, Neil Kerr,.the presi- dent of developer Interwest Group, - was looking on the bright -side Tuesday morning. ‘The: three. floors of: residential housing on the’ east. wing. were ‘so damaged they’ will be knocked down % ‘That means the building will not proved quite When pressured Saturday for the - GG As soon as the explosion occurred the roof was engulfed in flames. It was pretty amazing. FY -— Clinic veterinarian Elizabeth Richards and cast wings of the building did its job, totally containing the fire. said Kerr, He added that the fire will put the cast wing two months behind sched- ‘ ule bur won't affect the west wing, A ‘show ‘suite, which was sup.’ posed to be opencd soon in the cast wing, will instead be opened in the - west wing. The new completion date for the “east wing will be January 1996, said. Kerr. An initial estimate of $500,000 ‘damage provided by Kerr to a reporter al the scene surprisingly accurate. estimate, Kerr said ‘he told: the reporter: “Let the. » thing quit burn- ing first.” A revised . estimate. will ‘likely in between $400,000. and* ~ $700,000, he said. come Stegavig said four of the district's five stations were called to fight the blaze. ‘The last three-alarm fire in the ws district occurred in 1980. _.« “Also. Saturday,” a. transmission” contain any : fire- "damaged. suites, *. fluid leak: from a‘ tank ‘on a’ truck ~glosed ‘\the’ Main’ and Mountain 2 Highway intersection. ; $8,000 NEWS photo Paul McGrath A MAJOR fire has knocked back the completion date tor a North Vancouver condominium, com- motive, Fi rant page te! Sid Bellevue Police: investigator Major Tim Johnson, “Having them confess and telling that they did‘the murders’ “obviously gave us more than we hal before, but we; thad been building2Zthe case slowly prior to that anyway.” jcommitted the, murders of all three victims on July [8 / during judicially ‘authorized electronic cavesdropping : by Vancouver RCMP.” ‘ According (0 the police, the pair admitted they left ‘a movie, theatre: on July 12,1994, and went to the Rafay. home where they beat the victims with.a base- ball bat. They then ‘attempted to-hide their invalve- ment in the murders, say Bellevue Police: ‘ -charges “of — committing forgery i in connection with: - Ba rental agreement in Richmond “on Suly 28, 1994; boa a con itiona 1 sale contract in Richmond on Sept. 2,.1994; H a $2,626.53 cheque on Nov: 2, 199 the Broadway Camera ‘Ba $644.02 cheque at, Nevada Bob’ s* the same day in’ North Vancouver, District; . ; B a. $2,339.16 ' cheque at, Larry" 8 Sports. the next, day in: North, Vancouver Citye.° - Judge Reginald Grandison ‘also ‘sentenced Petkovic to 12 months fa . probation. ” : ‘His criminal! record: was ‘pre-’ sented. ‘during North - Vancouver .! ‘provincial court. t proceedings oon