Vancouver fire crews battle two three-alarm fires overnight

It was a busy evening for Vancouver firefighters.

Crews battled three blazes during a roughly six-hour period, starting at 9 p.m. last night.

The first was a two-alarm fire on West 24th Avenue and Dunbar St., where no one was hurt.

Two three-alarm fires sprung up in East Vancouver; one on East 6th Ave. and Rupert St. and another on Lakewood Drive and East 19th Ave.

Assistant chief John Dennis said the fire on East 6th and Rupert crippled two homes.

“One was a building under construction, another a building under demolition. One of them got going and caught the other one on fire. There was a significant loss to both.”

As for the houses on East 19th, Dennis said the damage to neighbouring homes could have been much worse.

“It involved three houses. Two of the houses we managed to save and are intact, one is pretty well a write-off.”

Dennis said it’s too early to say if there’s any sort of connection between the two fires.

“We don’t see any indication of that right now, but there’s going to be an investigation.”

There is no word yet on what sparked the fires.