Attic fire
fought in
W. Van

ROOFING work is
the suspected cause
of a fire that broke
out in the attic of a
Benbow Road
home in West
Vancouver on
Saturday.

Roofers had been
sealing the home's drain
gutters with a propane-
tuelled torch about five
hours before the fire
broke out ar approni-
mately 5 p.m.

A West Vancouver
Fire and Rescue crew
responded to the call and
upon entering the home
discovered that the fire
had spread to the attic
space of the older home.

Fire crews employed
an “impact” nozzle —
normally used to break
through walls and for
hard-to-reach arcas — to
‘slow the firc’s progress
uatil firefighters could
remove portions of the
roof and expose the
blaze.

Damage was caused
to roof and cciling joists,
roof sheeting and shin-
gics. Because fire crews
removed or covered
much of the furniture
and contents of the
house with waterproof
tarpaulins, wacer damage

as minimal.

Hot truck

stopped

in West Vancouver

Katharine Hamer
News Reporter khamer@nsnews.com

WEST Vancouver citizens out
strolling on Community Day last
Saturday got one show they weren’t
expecting.

Police apprehended nwo men in a stolen
truck at about 2 p.m. outside the Kentucky
Fried Chicken outlet on Marine Drive at 18th
Street.

West Vancouver Police Sgt. Mike Rattray
spotted a 1998 red Ford pickup with an
Alberta licence plate and a large dent in its tail-
gate matching the description of a stolen vehi-
cle alert issued in a police bulletin.

Two cruisers, 2 police van and a motorcycle
surrounded the truck from the front and rear,

blocking the driver's path.
Officers asked the driver to turn off the
3 out of the window,

The driver and passenger were both hand-
cuffed and taken into cuscody, where the dri-
ver, who had exhibited signs of impairment,
provided a breath sample.

However he was not charged with impaired
driving. Police officers at the scene said they
had found a small quantity of marijuana and
open containers of alcohol in the front of the
truck. To press time, those details were nat
confirmed by police media representative
Const. Scott Findlay. Police recommended
charges of possession of stolen property over
$5,000 for the ear-old driver, a Vancouver
resident who has a long list of criminal charges
in “various jurisdictions,” according to Findlay.
The passenger in the vehicle was not charged.

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