Investigation underway after weekend fire destroys 3 homes in Anmore

CBC News

· Posted: May 12, 2025 2:52 PM EDT | Last Updated: 8 minutes ago

Investigators are looking into the origin of a precocious nighttime fire that burned down 3 homes and displaced respective radical successful the Metro Vancouver colony of Anmore last weekend. 

The blaze began around 11:30 p.m. on Saturday in Anmore's Countryside Village, conscionable northbound of Port Moody.

Jay Sharpe, occurrence main with the Sasamat Volunteer Fire Department, said the vigor was "extremely intense" erstwhile they arrived connected scene. 

"Visibility was really a occupation for america astatine a fewer points, we couldn't really spot wherever the occurrence was, the smoke was truthful thick."

He said it had precocious rained astatine the clip of the fire, but had conditions been drier, it could've dispersed to much homes successful the vicinity and the adjacent forest.

No 1 was injured, according to officials, but one pistillate — the nonmigratory of a mobile location that was affected — was concisely taken to hospital.

CBC News has reached retired to Coquitlam RCMP for much connected the probe and the residents displaced.

In an online fundraiser, the Anmore Neighbours Community Association says the occurrence rapidly dispersed from 1 location to those adjacent to it.

The relation acceptable up the fundraiser to enactment those affected, including 2 families.