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, 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 year, . . . id

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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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