Dozens evacuated overnight from Coquitlam apartment building
Posted January 8, 2014 7:50 pm.
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COQUITLAM (NEWS1130) – Dozens of people are spending the night out of their homes following an apartment fire in Coquitlam
Crews were called to a fire at 990 Adair Ave. just before 9:30 a.m. and managed to get it under control quickly, but people that live there were evacuated.
Coquitlam Fire Chief Wade Pierlot says it’s a sprinkler building and there was some water damage caused to a number of suites. He says the system needs to be reset and they can’t allow to return until that’s done. “It’s going to take us a day or so before we can let all the residents back in the building. There’s about 24 suites involved, about 50 to 60 residents, and they’re being accommodated by emergency social services.”
Pierlot says some people have been put up in accommodation, others have opted to stay with family of friends.
There’s no word on what caused the fire.
