SRO Fire

• Crews battle 2-alarm fire at former Howard Johnson hotel in Vancouver

  Firefighters said at least two people were hurt, and that Granville Street had been closed between Helmcken and Davie streets. 

  Fire

  Jun 11, 2025
  
• Fire in Vancouver rooming house leaves person with 3rd-degree burns

  Vancouver Fire Rescue Services was called to a fire in a unit on Granville Street near Helmken Street around 7 a.m.

  Fire

  May 27, 2025
  
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• Drug use likely cause of downtown Vancouver SRO fire

  Crews were called to the building at 1025 Granville Street near Nelson Street just before 8 a.m. and found heavy smoke and flames coming from a fifth-floor suite.

  Fire

  May 1, 2024
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• Fire crews tackle ‘suspicious’ 2-alarm SRO fire in Vancouver

  Crews arrived Thursday afternoon to find thick smoke billowing from the southeast side of the three-storey single-room occupancy (SRO) building. 

  Fire

  Sep 7, 2023
• ‘A ticking time bomb’: Vancouver fire chief supports removal of tents next to buildings

  Since August of 2022, the fire department said it has removed more than 1,600 propane tanks from the Downtown Eastside area.

  Canada

  Apr 6, 2023
• Vancouver Fire Rescue impeded by encampment inhabitants during SRO fire response

  When Vancouver firefighters arrived to battle a blaze Friday night, an assistant fire chief said several people living in tents and structures out front of the SRO refused to move.

  Fire

  Apr 1, 2023
• Vancouver Fire and Rescue reveals 504 calls for single SRO hotel in 2022 in deleted tweet

  Vancouver’s new mayor said the tweet was shocking and something city officials didn’t know previously.

  Fire

  Jan 4, 2023
• Coroner’s inquest ordered into deadly Winters Hotel fire in Gastown

  Mary Ann Garlow, 68, and Dennis Guay, 53, both died when the Winters Hotel, a single-room occupancy (SRO) hotel caught fire on April 11. 

  Fire

  Jul 21, 2022