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‘the fire

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pickets: appeared out’ of the
blue. at about 11. They saw

"West Van Fire Chief Colin
Evans didn’t waste time
' bothering to dispatch - a

regular, fire: Crew is he: knew--

the’ ‘unionized .. firefighters

would be tured awa by’ the

pickets. -

He mustered up two. ‘other
fire. “chiefs and four ‘non-.
unionized. rookie firemen

and led them to fight" the

fire.

His greatest fear was that
‘the -fire,: covering .an area
some 200 feet by 100 feet,
might:.: spread into the
. surrounding bush.

He and his makeshift
crew, using two _pumper
trucks,” ‘spent © four hours

West
Municipal.-.

Association president Ken municipality has made no ef-

Van couver.
‘Employees:

Naylor said his union is.

sen @ front. loader .

the” blaze. When

4
mney left, ‘the fire was still |

burning’ but’ they ‘had
removed the danger to the
nearby forest area. by
clearing a firebreak. path to
protect it..

' The fire continues to buim
deep in the garbage which is
piled 30-feet high in p laces.

‘West Van ~ ‘Director of
Operations Walker says: “It
is..very hazardous. The fire
doesn’t’-burn like a normal
wood fire but finds a path

_and goes into caverns.”
an opportunity and seized ~~

These caverns, he says,
are hidden in places by a six-
inch ‘layer of garbage and
anyone treading on the
surface “would fall in and be
incinerated”. .

The fire leaves nowhere to
dump West Van garbage and

 all- collections, which have.

‘operated sporadically

' between-rotating stoppages,

have now ceased.
‘The announcement was

” officially made. .at. Monday

night's council meeting that
all garbage collections in
West Van have.ended until
the fire has been put out or

- until the CUPE strike'ends.

_As to how the fire started,
Walker comments: “I don’t
find it mysterious at all. It is

‘ee w e
premature,”

consider it
he Said..: “The

fort to provide alternative

“very upset” over the layoffs. garbage dumps which could

of - Ll
operators.

| ‘Three North “Shore
women, fed up with. the
effect of the prolonged
municipal workers’ strike
on or citizens, have
called on ‘the ‘public to
protest. by cleaning. up
Granville Mall. .

Identifying themselves
only:.as.-Paula, Dorothy

and. Valerie, they “have ”

_ announced a clean-up of.

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_ Naylor said he

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In a press. release
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volunteers (bring your
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- -brooms, and shovels, and .
“wear work gloves)”.

ey are also. asking

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- whom have been laid off. :
Lester. ‘commented on the

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- But, not entirely.. At the
suggestion of Walker, the
municipality is handing out
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residents, can play their part
in keeping Tiddly-cove ne
and tidy.

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elderly people on fixed
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The operation, they say,
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The release gives three
North Shore phone
numbers: for ‘more: in-.
formation” .~ 925-1546,
926-6135 and 987-6056.”

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