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Three West Vancouver.
children were placed.into the
_ care’ of. a child care worker.
Friday when police respond-
ed toa noisy party complaint. .
_ Police found the children -
aged 12-16. - had been.

_- parties almost continuously
for three weeks. | 7

them alone in the Ambleside
house. while. holidaying |
abroad and during the time
. the parents. were away, the
house. suffered an estimated
$35,000 damage. .

A police. spokesman said
the house, in the Ambleside

they. had ‘just “kind | of
es . destroyed the place.”’ .

oo A North. Vancouver man_

“. «had a: narrow escape Sunday .
> morning from. a: fire which

-”. Caused an. estimated $6,000 -

damage tohishome:. -
George ~ Martin . was
a.m.:by.a.sore throat, caused. .
by irritation from:the smoke: |
building up from a fire in the.

- 3625 Edgemont Boulevard.

ees Pe ee A ‘district’ fire officer
ack riding fs also one of. speculated that if the smoke
eee cate ats: shad been bad: enough’ to

holding an open house with |

-rooms,’’.he said.

area, was. full-of kids and —

awakened ‘shortly before::4 ~

living room of. his home at —

o Constable Brian: Schierer

_.said ‘a 16. year. old girl had
-been'left.in charge of her 14

“-year-old sister and 12-year

-Schierer said’ there were

‘about’: 60 children “in. the
‘house, 30: of whom tore out
the. front door when he..
viene, +. + appeared’at the back. |
Their parents -had left , =

‘Every room in the house

was completely overturned...

there were. numerous liquor
and beer bottles’ in the

Books and magazines were
thrown around the house and
out the windows, furniture.

_was overturned and smashed
and the stereo-was wrecked.

Schierer said he, even’ |

wake him up that Martin had

escaped just intime. —

“TD think ‘he: was ‘within a
very short time of. being

“overcome,” said. chief. fire -
prevention. officer Gerry © |
“Waddell.

The tire occurred in a wall’ -

just behind the fireplace and

the = construction © of. the’
fireplace is being blamed for —
the blaze. |

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&

found-kids on the roof as he -

checked. damages to the

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A child care worker from

_the Department of Human

Resources’ was called in to:
‘Stay with the: three. children

_at the house until the parents.
returned from holiday... — .

Police met. with ‘the par:

| ents. Monday night... They
_were described therras ‘“‘very
upset’.

Damage charges may ‘be
laid. against the partygoers. —

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