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‘I barely escaped’: Winters Hotel resident on one-year anniversary of fatal fire
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‘I barely escaped’: Winters Hotel resident on one-year anniversary of fatal fire
Description
April 11, 2023
While speaking at a rally on Tuesday, a former resident shares her emotional story of escape from fire in the single-room occupancy hotel in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Wendy says she is lucky to be alive because she hadn't heard any alarms go off. Both of her neighbours were killed.
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‘I barely escaped’: Winters Hotel resident on one-year anniversary of fatal fire00:51 | April 11, 2023
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‘I barely escaped’: Winters Hotel resident on one-year anniversary of fatal fire
Description
April 11, 2023
While speaking at a rally on Tuesday, a former resident shares her emotional story of escape from fire in the single-room occupancy hotel in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Wendy says she is lucky to be alive because she hadn't heard any alarms go off. Both of her neighbours were killed.
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