Fire crews were called to a property in East Vancouver’s Strathcona neighbourhood on Wednesday that’s been the site of several other recent fires.
The supposedly vacant home is on Prior Street, just east of Gore Avenue.
“Crews arrived to find a fire in some of the rubble and debris that was left from the destroyed premises,” said Vancouver Fire Rescue spokesperson Capt. Jonathan Gormick.
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Wednesday’s fire was just the latest in a string of fires at the property.
Back at the end of May, a massive fire at the property spread to three neighbouring homes. Two houses were destroyed in that fire, and a dozen people were forced to flee.
Gormick said this fire also appears suspicious.
“They’ll need to gather evidence,” he said. “But on a site like this where there are no utilities and no other appliances it’s hard to imagine there would be a source of ignition other than something suspicious.”
At the time, the property had been fenced off from a previous fire.
In the wake of the May fire, investigators found evidence that squatters had been living inside the vacant property.
With files from Jordan Armstrong
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