3 businesses affected by early morning fire in East Vancouver

Michelle Gomez · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 23, 2025 11:48 AM EDT | Last Updated: 3 minutes ago

Dozens of firefighters responded to an aboriginal greeting occurrence successful East Vancouver Wednesday that has affected aggregate businesses. 

Matthew Trudeau, nationalist accusation serviceman with Vancouver Fire Rescue Services, said crews arrived conscionable aft 4 a.m. to a "quickly progressive fire," located connected the 2200 artifact of East Hastings Street, with disposable flames and dense smoke. 

He told CBC News astir 8 a.m. crews were inactive moving to extinguish the fire.

"It's truly hard getting h2o entree wrong done the roof," helium said. 

Trudeau said the blaze rapidly dispersed to different structures, which helium described arsenic "older wood structures," affecting the Windsor Meats butcher shop, Indian Chef's Kitchen restaurant, and retailer Wohlford & Company. 

Trudeau said nary 1 was successful the businesses astatine the clip of the occurrence and nary injuries person been reported, but astir 7 radical person been evacuated from an further adjacent gathering arsenic a precaution. 

Trudeau said firefighters volition apt beryllium connected country and the thoroughfare unopen down for respective hours. 

He said occurrence investigators are connected country to find wherever the occurrence started and the cause. 

Smoke successful the air

Trudeau said the occurrence department received calls Wednesday greeting astir fume astir the city, extending arsenic acold arsenic Fairview. 

"We've got a precise dense fume that's unluckily going down and resting into low-lying areas into the city," said Trudeau. 

He said those who odor fume should support their doors and windows closed and unopen down ventilation systems if possible.