Firefighter injured in art studio fire
Posted August 17, 2019 11:09 am.
Last Updated August 17, 2019 11:11 am.
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – A fire on Parker Avenue has left one firefighter injured.
It happened around 3 a.m. Saturday and the fire has since been extinguished.
Assistant Fire Chief Dan Stroup says the second-alarm fire happened at an art studio where the firefighter was injured in fall. He is expected to fully recover. Stroup says even still, they never want to see injuries on the job.
“We try to avoid that, but some of these scenes it’s unavoidable,” he says, but he can’t say how it happened, or how old the firefighter is.
This am @VanFireRescue crews responded to a 2nd alarm fire at 1000 Parker St.
Cause under investigation.
This large complex fire was extinguished quickly by our crews.
Pls join me in wishing the best to 1 of our #firefighters injured on scene (full recovery expected). pic.twitter.com/PjnhEQLQXp
— Fire Chief Darrell Reid (@FireChiefReid) August 17, 2019
Stroup says the art studio suffered a lot of water damage, and the fire investigator is still looking into the cause of the fire.
More details to come.
