4~- North Shore News — Wednesday. October 25. 2000

Rapid biaze destroys
West Vancouver home

Katharine Hamer

News Reporter
Lhamer@asnews.com

A fast-burning fire
destroyed a West
Vancouver heme in
minutes on Saturday.

The blaze, at 5460 Manne
Drive, started just before 7:30
a.m.

Firefighters arrived within
three minutes, but found the
property atready engulfed in
flames, said West Vancouver
Fire and Rescue Captain
Martin Ernst.

They opted to fight the tire
defensively, concentrating on
preventing any spread to
neighbouring houses ur trees.

The homeowner was alert-
ed to the fire by one of his two
sons, who were at the house
along with nwo teenage house
guests. All were between the
ages of 14 and 17.

The fire began in the
southwest lower corner of the
house, at the entrance to what
the homeowner referred to as
the “sewing and activity
room.”

By the time the homeown-
er returned with a fire extin-
guisher, the flames had
quadrupled in size, and the
occupants were forced to leave
the house.

No one was injured in the
fire. The homeowner rescued
the family dog. A cat is still
missing.

“It was one of the fastest
fires we've seen,” said Ernst.
“It moved incredibly quickly.
The house burned down with-
in 15 minutes.”

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THICK clouds of black smoke bellowed out of the
Eagle Harbour home as it was consumed by fire.

6,000-square-foot character
home was lined with oiled
cedar strips, rather than dry-
wall — which caught fire
rapidly. The home was also on
a heavily tiered, sloped lot. A
long narrow driveway made
firefighter access difficult.

Ernst said all firefighters
could see as they arrived was

“a huge black cloud.”

An elecirical faule is the
likely cause of the fire.

“It took an incredibly long
time to excavate,” said Ernst.
“There were three flocrs col-
lapsed into one.”

Meanwhile electrical prob-
lems are also a probable cause
for Jast Wednesday’s fire on
Woodgreen Drive in Caulfeild.

Ernst plans to meet with
the owner of the home this
week.

He said there was heavy
structural and smoke damage
to the house. “It will be a long
while before anyone can move
back in there.”

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