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Two hospitalized after three-storey building fire in Burnaby, B.C.

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People rescued after fire breaks out in Burnaby apartment building
WATCH: Several people had to be rescued in Burnaby after a fire broke out in a three-storey apartment building Thursday morning. – Oct 13, 2022

Two people have been hospitalized after being rescued from a three-storey building with multiple suites that went up in flames Thursday morning.

Burnaby Fire Chief Chris Bowcock told Global News the three-alarm fire in the 300-block of Holdom Avenue has since been extinguished.

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Forty-eight firefighters responded with seven engines, three ladder trucks and two rescue vehicles, along with RCMP, who remained on-scene to help control traffic.

As of noon on Thursday, Holdom Avenue north of Hastings Street remained closed to the public.

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