‘Small explosions’ preceded fire in East Vancouver

A second alarm fire adjacent to an East Vancouver scrap yard was preceded by a series of small explosions before spreading to a neighboring commercial building Monday night.

That blaze, which Vancouver Fire Chief Darrell Reid described in a tweet as “difficult to access”, was brought under control by about 11 pm.

Reid tweeted that the blazes in the 1900 block of Triumph Street near Powell and Victoria attracted a large number of police and fire units to the scene, and a large number of onlookers as well.

There were no injuries.

The cause of the fires is under investigation and investigators will be on the scene Tuesday.