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A SMALL shack on the vacant — sent back to the scene at 2 a.m. to
Versatile Pacific Shipyards site make sure no problems existed,
along the North Vancouver Sotham said.

“There was absolutely no indica-
waterfront burned to the tions of any problems at any time

ground the morning after’ pro- we were there.” he said.

duction company filmed explo- On March 30, a small arson fire

Sives scenes in the shack. was set in another vacant building

on Versatile’s lot at 11:05 p.m.

By Ian Noble That building faces onto

rey Lonsdale,

News Reporter City fire prevention Capt. Gavin

Soanes said it was too carly to draw
At 4:45 a.m. on Tuesday, North a connection between the two fires,

Vancouver City Fire and Rescue because the Tuesday fire is. still

attended a call to {09 Ease under investigation.

Esplanade and found the two-storey However, there have been a

shack engulfed in flames, said assis- | number of other small arson fires in

tant chief Barry Sotham. the Lower Lonsdale area, said
The fire department knocked — Soanes,

down the fire in 10 minutes with the Soanes asked anyone with infor-

help of 13 firefighters, an engine, mation about any of the fires to con-

ladder and fire boat. tact the fire department or the North
Because the destroyed shack was Vancouver RCMP.

scheduled for demolition, damage Soanes said the fire department

resulting from the fire was negligi- wants better security at the water-

ble, said Sotham. front Versatile site. All vacant build-
The night before the fire, fire ings must be secured against unau-

trucks were on the scene as a pre- thorized entry, he said.

cautionary measure as a production The perimeter of the seven-

company, filmed explosives scenes hectare (17.3-acre) property is _

~atthe shack, which was formerly a fenced in, he added.
shipyard first-aid station, «| Versatile closed in 1991. It was
The fire department checked for once the North Shore’s largest ship-
possible fires in the area about three yard, employing thousands of work-
times that night and then a crew was _ ers. .

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Teen assaulted

POLICE ARE looking for two teenage girls who punched
and kicked a 16-year-old girl on March 31 near Garden
Avenue and Marine Drive in North Vancouver.

The victim received injuries to her face during the 11
p.m. attack, according to a North Vancouver RCMP
spokesman. One suspect is described as being native, 1.6 m
(5°4”), 82 kg (180 Ibs.), age 16, with dark brown shoulder-
length hair. She has distinctive scars near her mouth. The
second suspect is Caucasian, 1.7 m (5’6” to 5’8”), 50 kg (110
ths.), age 16, with blond hair. Phone 985-1311.

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