One person is dead after an apartment fire in downtown Vancouver on Friday.
Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services says it was called to a two-alarm fire in one of the units of a building in the 1300 block of Hornby Street just before noon.
Acting Assistant Chief Richard Craven said the fire was in a seventh-floor unit.
The victim, the units occupant, died despite efforts to provide CPR, he said.
Gord Mafatow, the victim’s neighbour and a paramedic, ran outside the building when he was alerted to the fire.
He found the victim on the ground outside, with burns.
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“I went up to him, my paramedic training kicked in, I worked him and then the firefighters showed up,” he said.
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“We tried our best.”
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
The building was evacuated, but it was not immediately clear how many units suffered fire, smoke or water damage.
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