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Wednesday. | -

, Once again CN Rail failed
" to inform North Van City -
Fire Department that the
derailment had’occurred.
-The fire department was
notified by the RCMP, who
reported that a train of
chlorine cars had come off
the lines, and the fire
départment responded in the
belief that a major
emergency had occurred.
What the fire crew found
upon arrival was that the ~

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ARSON will account ‘for 10
reported fires In i ‘ 8 “Arson has become a
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serjous local problem and its
This is the gloomy forecast

of District Fire Chief Bob
McDonald, who’ describes

arson As’ being the: “new
social ill.”

In his annual message to
kick off Fire Prevention
Week, which = started
Saturday, he urges com-
munity participation to help
curb the problem. At the
same time, he acknowledges
that arson is more difficult to

prevent than other types of
fires.’

He asks the public to
become the cyes of the
community, adding that in
spite of the ongoing efforts
of his fire department “We
cannot stem the = arson
problem alone.”

Arson: fires, he says, are
started by “vandals, revenge
seckers or people in need of
psychiatric help, adding
that some are set for profit.

solutions demand = in-
novative, coordinated cf-
forts not only by fire officials
but by police legislators,
building inspectors, builders
and — probably most’ im-
portantly — the public:” he
says,

“Surveillance, public
awareness, and good
housekeeping. both in and
out of your building, will all

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