
Sawmill sparks Vancouver’s only five-alarm fire in 1960, destroying four blocks near False Creek
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Sawmill sparks Vancouver’s only five-alarm fire in 1960, destroying four blocks near False Creek
Description
July 3, 2020
Amateur film footage from the City of Vancouver's archive shows the massive fire that started at the BC Forest Products sawmill and quickly grew into the first and only five-alarm fire in the city's history. An estimated four-block area east of Oak Street was destroyed, forever changing the landscape of False Creek.
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Sawmill sparks Vancouver’s only five-alarm fire in 1960, destroying four blocks near False Creek01:30 | July 3, 2020
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B.C. communities update mutual aid agreement01:33 | July 10, 2025
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Wildfire crews called in after Abbotsford structure fire spreads to nearby forest01:53 | July 9, 2025
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Crackdown on banned butane torches sold in Vancouver01:20 | July 3, 2025
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B.C. man’s e-bike battery catches fire, explodes moments into ride01:07 | July 3, 2025
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Vernon RCMP investigate suspicious grassfire started by illegal fireworks01:25 | July 3, 2025
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Wildfire near Lytton prompts evacuation orders, alerts00:43 | July 1, 2025
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22 people displaced in Vancouver West End apartment fire00:36 | June 26, 2025
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FireSmart simulator demonstrates wildfire risk01:43 | June 23, 2025
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Squamish Mayor asks the public to be safe and avoid wildfire areas05:09 | June 15, 2025
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Favourable conditions in Squamish as crews continue to battle wildfire02:01 | June 13, 2025
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Fire at Vancouver Granville Street SRO02:25 | June 11, 2025
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Squamish mayor on Dryden Creek wildfire threat04:44 | June 11, 2025
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Crews on scene of out-of-control wildfire near Squamish00:31 | June 9, 2025
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New wildfires spark evacuation orders and alerts in B.C. communities01:57 | June 5, 2025
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Growing concerns for small B.C. community threatened by wildfire01:04 | June 5, 2025
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Investigation under way after fire destroys home in Surrey’s Clayton Heights area01:57 | June 3, 2025
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Three homes destroyed and residents displaced in Anmore fire03:09 | May 11, 2025
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Fire crews battle flames at rural Langley property00:28 | May 1, 2025
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Hastings barber shop damaged in fire months after relocating from Chinatown01:53 | April 29, 2025
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Suspicious fire damages Hastings businesses01:26 | April 24, 2025
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Fire destroys three Vancouver businesses, including the iconic Dayton Boots01:42 | April 23, 2025
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Firefighters battle flames in Vancouver’s Hastings Sunrise neighbourhood01:13 | April 23, 2025
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Several homes damaged in Langley townhouse fire01:39 | April 22, 2025
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Langley, B.C. house explosion, fire caught on camera00:56 | March 3, 2025
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One person still unaccounted for after house explosion and fire in Langley02:07 | March 1, 2025
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Explosion in Langley home causes extensive damage02:30 | February 28, 2025
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Petition grows to rebuild Hazel Trembath Elementary more than a year after fire02:04 | February 16, 2025
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Sawmill sparks Vancouver’s only five-alarm fire in 1960, destroying four blocks near False Creek01:30 | July 3, 2020
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B.C. communities update mutual aid agreement01:33 | July 10, 2025
-
Wildfire crews called in after Abbotsford structure fire spreads to nearby forest01:53 | July 9, 2025
-
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Vernon RCMP investigate suspicious grassfire started by illegal fireworks01:25 | July 3, 2025
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Wildfire near Lytton prompts evacuation orders, alerts00:43 | July 1, 2025
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22 people displaced in Vancouver West End apartment fire00:36 | June 26, 2025
-
FireSmart simulator demonstrates wildfire risk01:43 | June 23, 2025
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Favourable conditions in Squamish as crews continue to battle wildfire02:01 | June 13, 2025
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Fire at Vancouver Granville Street SRO02:25 | June 11, 2025
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Squamish mayor on Dryden Creek wildfire threat04:44 | June 11, 2025
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Firefighters battle flames in Vancouver’s Hastings Sunrise neighbourhood01:13 | April 23, 2025
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Several homes damaged in Langley townhouse fire01:39 | April 22, 2025
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Langley homicide victim found inside apartment building now identified00:32 | April 21, 2025
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Petition grows to rebuild Hazel Trembath Elementary more than a year after fire02:04 | February 16, 2025
Sawmill sparks Vancouver’s only five-alarm fire in 1960, destroying four blocks near False Creek
Description
July 3, 2020
Amateur film footage from the City of Vancouver's archive shows the massive fire that started at the BC Forest Products sawmill and quickly grew into the first and only five-alarm fire in the city's history. An estimated four-block area east of Oak Street was destroyed, forever changing the landscape of False Creek.
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